Jul 6, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
(This piece began in a newsgroup. Brad Jersak’s words are here, enfolded in mine. All italicized words are Brad’s). Life is not theoretical. The reality of life is lived. Hard lived moment by hard lived moment. Moments of beauty. Moments of grace. Moments of...
Jul 1, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
In response and as a follow-up to Ron Dart’s article on the Emerging Church, I would like to add the perspective of someone who rubs shoulders with, and is occasionally labelled as, "emerging church." First, thanks to Ron for your excellent article on...
Jun 24, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
When it comes to discernment, we are and should be like the mysticeti. What are the mysticeti? Some sort of mystical magi? Not at all… that’s just the technical name for our friends, the baleen whales. I believe that with those great baleen strainers of...
Jun 21, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
Ratanak means precious stone or gem in the Khmer language. In this case Ratanak was the name of a little girl who, in late 1989, lay in a hospital in north west Cambodia. As her mother looked on, the doctors tried to save her life. There was no medication or medical...
Jun 11, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
Clarence Bauman, The Sermon on the Mount: The Modern Quest for its Meaning (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1985).Reflective Review by Brad Jersak Introduction In recent months I have been saturating myself in the Red Letters of my Bible. The words, the teachings,...
