Courtesy Getty Images And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not alarmed; for this must take place, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places: all this is but the beginning ofContinueContinue reading “SATURDAY OF ADVENT 2”
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NOT IN GOD’S NAME
Do not believe you can rectify the past by avenging it. That way you merely succeed in perpetuating the past instead of healing it.rabbi jonathan sacks This past summer I read a book titled Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence, by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Ostensibly, it is an analysis of Genesis, the first bookContinueContinue reading “NOT IN GOD’S NAME”
THE MAN IN THE ARENA
Accept your share of suffering like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. Nobody who serves in the military gets tied up with civilian matters, so that they can please the one who recruited them.[2 Timothy 2:3-4 Common English Bible] The words of the Apostle Paul’s second letter to Timothy echoed in my mind yesterday morning whenContinueContinue reading “THE MAN IN THE ARENA”
Walking Together in Faith 