Kant on War and Peace

Now, as a matter of fact, the morally practical reason utters within us its irrevocable veto: There shall be no war. So there ought to be no war, neither between me and you in the condition of nature, nor between us as members of states which, although internally in a...

God Calls Violent Men by Bob Ekblad

Violent men make the headlines daily, and many people consider those not on our side as worthy of banishment or death.  God has called me and many here at Tierra Nueva to seek for, find, bind up, love, pray for and in various ways minister to violent men and...

The Contemplative Strangler: 2 Poems

‘There is a contemplative in all of us,    almost strangled    but still alive,    who craves quiet    enjoyment of the now,    and longs to touch    the seamless    garment of silence ...

Isolation and Belonging by Heidi Greiner-Miller

A good two years ago, when God was walking me through a lot of my healing and restoring me back into his church, I always had a longing to be known and valued in a community. But I continually fought feelings of not being worthy or good enough. I had a ton of internal...