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Time to choose? Or not? - Wednesday, May 7th 2008 12:13 PM
Unsolicited opinions and advice from outside observers is not always welcome, particularly if it seems to call for change. On the other hand, some outside observers...
Challenge met - Monday, April 28th 2008 12:40 PM
Jim Caviezel, the actor known for playing Jesus in “The Passion of the Christ,” had been outspoken about his Catholic Christian beliefs. Wondering if he was as committed to...
Prayer - Friday, April 25th 2008 7:54 PM
Melanie and I are reading chapters from Henry Blackaby's book, Experiencing Prayer with Jesus. One excerpt: It's important to note the very first word of [the Lord's] prayer...
Converts from Islam - Friday, April 25th 2008 10:00 AM
Chuck Colson takes a look at some work by Dr. Dudley Woodberry, professor of Islamic Studies at Fuller. Woodberry, aware that throughout the world Muslims have been turning to...
Bishop's letter - Monday, April 21st 2008 8:48 PM
Our beloved Bishop has served us for 19 years. He is taking the anniversary of his vows here as an occasion to address a letter to all of us. Read the whole thing at the...
Possible answers - Tuesday, April 15th 2008 8:43 AM
What if God not only sent answers to our prayers, but also commented on them? Not sure I could handle that. Maybe that's why He mostly stays quiet about it? OUCH!!  
Expelled - Tuesday, April 8th 2008 1:41 PM
Tell Bueller to wake up. if you happen to be one of those evolutionary fundamentalists who were "randomly selected" to evolve with a built-in blindfold and earplugs, and you're...
Interrupted - Tuesday, April 8th 2008 10:22 AM
One of my fellow deacons here in Central Florida runs an abortion recovery ministry with his wife. He reports there are studies indicating up to 50% of women in Christian...
Jordan - Monday, April 7th 2008 3:49 PM
King Abdullah II of Jordan has given a plot of land to the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem for construction of a church and retreat center at the Jordan River location...
The fear - Thursday, April 3rd 2008 11:36 AM
At First Things, Joseph Bottoms observes the chill in the air: I’m on the board of a literary magazine at a small state university, and, at the board’s meeting this spring,...
Completely different - Thursday, March 27th 2008 1:48 AM
Our favorite bishop's favorite son shows what he can do the other day with Regis and Kelly: Since then John went to the international competition in Paris and WON! He is now...
Fr. Botros - Tuesday, March 25th 2008 11:56 AM
The Archbishop of Canterbury thinks Britain must simply accept and include sharia law. Is anybody effectively standing up to Islamic zealots? or disputing the outrageous...
Reports are coming in - Monday, March 24th 2008 7:03 AM
...from the village of Emmaus!  
Hate crime - Saturday, March 22nd 2008 6:38 PM
Guess what country has just shut down a religious group's work. North Korea? Saudi Arabia? "There was nothing we could do that would please them," she said. "They wanted us...
Safely dead and buried - Friday, March 21st 2008 10:13 AM
...for whatever reason, God chose to make man as he is — limited and suffering and subject to sorrows and death — [and] he [God] had the honesty and the courage to take his...
The new word - Friday, March 21st 2008 7:06 AM
In his book The Case For Christ, Lee Strobel interviews Alexander Metherell, M.D., Ph.D., about the details of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. One detail: "The pain was...
Mistaken ideas - Wednesday, March 19th 2008 3:12 PM
Hope Episcopal Church, a sister parish over in Melbourne, has posted an interesting list of mistaken ideas new Christians sometimes have. For instance, did you think that,...
The Temple Menorah - Wednesday, March 12th 2008 9:19 PM
One of the reminders of the end of Jewish Temple worship can still be seen in Rome. It is the Victory Arch built to memorialize Roman Emporer Titus and...
Movie review - Thursday, March 6th 2008 12:50 PM
Barbara Nicolosi is really just writing a movie review, but she has things on her mind: One of the things that marks Gen Xers is the way they apprehend attempts to educate them...
Pharmacology - Tuesday, March 4th 2008 9:47 AM
Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem wrote in the Time and Mind journal of philosophy about Moses. "As far Moses on Mount...
Loving Lent - Thursday, February 21st 2008 3:31 PM
Blogger Jennifer F. reflects on Lent: Christians used to ask in wonder about my life as an atheist, "Don't you feel like there's something missing?" To which I would respond by...
Gardening - Monday, February 18th 2008 3:20 AM
From Pastor Jack Hayford's daily devotional: In his book The Four Loves, C. S. Lewis compares our God-given human capacity to love to a garden. “[Such] a garden,” he says,...
Dizzy - Wednesday, February 13th 2008 10:33 AM
I, for one, am hesitatnt to explain all this life's trials as punishment for vice, or all human comfort as a reward for piety. There are times, rather, when the bad experiences...
The lips are moving - Wednesday, February 13th 2008 8:15 AM
Lying is wrong. Everybody lies. So when do the 98 percent who think lying is wrong become the 98 percent who lie? It starts very young. Indeed, bright kids—those who do...
Dawn's light - Thursday, February 7th 2008 3:19 PM
Dawn Eden writes a perfectly named blog: Dawn Patrol. She shares what's happening to her and what she thinks about, and often the results are breathtaking. She has shared about...