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“Jesus Christ is going to touch you today” – Abp. Lazar Puhalo
"Jesus Christ is going to touch you today" A Pre-Communion Exhortation by Abp. Lazar Puhalo All Saints of North America Monastery - October 23, 2022 Transcript below video Luke 7:11-16 At that time, Jesus went to a city called Nain, and his disciples...
When Jesus watched men self-destruct – Felicia Murrell
I’m thinking today about people, people we love that make harmful, self-destructive choices. Choices that aren’t life-giving or flourishing. And I’m thinking today about Jesus. Thinking about how it must have been for Jesus to watch men self-destruct. To watch them...
Wagner’s “Ring of the Nibelung” – Paul Heise’s response to Ron Dart
Paul Heise of www.wagnerheim.com responds to Ron Dart's five-part series on Richard Wagner's opera, "The Ring of the Nibelung." Dear Ron: Needless to say, it would take me forever to respond to every detail of your series of lectures on...
The Grace Creed in the Prodigal Son – Eric H. Janzen
I have favorite Bible stories. They are passages I return to often because they moved me, spoke to me, fascinated me, or transformed me in some way. Recently, I made a connection between two such passages that never occurred to me before. While researching another...
Scrutinizing Scruton: the Scrutopian Tribe (1944-2020) – by Ron Dart
Ron Dart's critical analysis of the conservativism of Roger Scrutom
The Peace Prayers in Leipzig (1989) – Roger Newell
Photo: Martin Naumann Reflections on the 33rd Anniversary of the Peace Prayers in Leipzig, October 9, 1989 The cold war suddenly and nonviolently ended, and the end of history was proclaimed as the triumph of democracy and freedom. Yet today there is a hot war in...
“Where do you lie on the political spectrum” – Poem by Becky Jaster
“So where do you lie on the political spectrum?” “I’m inclined to rest somewhere beyond it: a birds eye view, in search of truth up a tree, I typically sit… Ironically this feels much more like a place of common ground there’s...
Paul: from Hardline Guardian to Slave of Christ – Fr. Sean Davidson
In first century Judea, most people thought they knew what was needed to make Israel great again: a strong Messiah who would rise up against Israel’s enemies, within and without, and rule the world with peace and justice from Jerusalem. That Jesus initially seemed...
“Tribal Visions Beyond Zionism” – Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb
Invitation from Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb Dear friends, This year I am offering a once a month class called Jewish Tribal Visions Beyond Zionism. First class begins this Thursday at 6 PM PST on zoom. As we prepare for the high holidays, join me in the work...
Healing from and through Deconstruction – Felicia Murrell with Susan Carson
Thursday, October 27, 6:00 pm EST Susan Carson (Roots & Branches network)will host a livestream fundraising event: "Healing From and Through Our Deconstruction"An evening with Dr. Bradley Jersak, Felicia Murrell and Wm. Paul Young" CLICK HERE...