Nov 7, 2008 | Uncategorized
Words of hope, words of fear. An exercise in discernment of spirits… in four parts Part I: Read James 3:9-18 slowly and out loud. (twice) Part II: Watch the Will.I.AM video below. (twice) You can view it here: Part III: Read the Focus on the Family 2012...
Oct 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
INVITED PAPER FOR CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY, MAGNITOGORSK, RUSSIA. Doubtless several aspects of the social and moral crises among young people will be discussed at this conference, so I will focus on only one aspect of it. It is difficult to say whether Communism...
Oct 20, 2008 | Uncategorized
Religion begins with a consciousness that something is asked of us. Religion consists of God's question and man's answer. Religion is not what man does with his solitariness. Religion is what man does with the presence of God....
Oct 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
A week ago Sunday I returned from four intense days in Guatemala City working with "Estrategia de Transformacion," an initiative that supports, encourages and trains a group of ex-gang members and committed pastors engaged in transformational work with...
Sep 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
How humbling or degrading is the feeling that I’ve succumbed – with no real intent on my part – to the legalism of self-preservation? This question came to mind while reading Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s 1978 commencement address to Harvard University. ...
Sep 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
While sitting at the 3rd gas station for gas…30 cars deep (we have a gas shortage in Charlotte).Are we really the body of God or merely the shadow of man? Shot of Thomas Merton: We are all more inclined to idolatry because we imagine that we are of all...