I have some difficulty with politics. First, as a Christ follower, I put my trust in Jesus, not politicians. I consider my first loyalty and…
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I have some difficulty with politics. First, as a Christ follower, I put my trust in Jesus, not politicians. I consider my first loyalty and…
Leave a CommentThis is the final part of the discussion on the “Our Father.” This has not been an attempt to present any kind of comprehensive understanding,…
Leave a CommentAnd forgive us our debts “Abba, forgive us the debt of sin. We cannot repay this…ever.” Most of us will stop at this point. We…
Leave a CommentIn my previous post I started to look at the prayer Jesus taught his disciples as recorded in Matthew. I mentioned that the prayer has…
Leave a CommentThe prayer that Jesus taught his disciples has been recited and reflected on as long as there has been a church to do it. It…
Leave a CommentI’ve written a couple of posts about the Keystone pipeline and Canadian oil sands exploration. In these I have decidedly come down against moving forward…
Leave a CommentWhile in seminary I had the pleasure of being introduced to spiritual formation through spiritual disciplines. I had read Richard Foster’s The Celebration of Discipline…
Leave a CommentA few days ago I wrote a bit about humans being the image, or eikon, of God. As I continued to reflect on this I…
Leave a CommentOver this past weekend, between taxes and chores, I read Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger Games.” With all of the recent hype over the movie, I…
Leave a CommentI read this today over at Huffington Post. It seems that this person is zeroed in on some of the issues that we are wrestling…
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