“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” ~ Jeremiah 29.11, KJV Expectations. We all have them. And if by some strange miracle we don’t, then we have plenty of expectations from others. So many that we won’t ever run […]
“He who wants to enter the holiness of the day must first lay down the profanity of clattering commerce, of being yoked to toil. … Six days a week, we wrestle with the world, wringing profit from the earth; on the Sabbath, we especially care for the seed of eternity planted in the soul. The […]
Faith Forward: A Dialogue on Children, Youth and a New Kind of Christianity is the title of an upcoming book to be released this August. What makes this book unique? I’m in it. I have contributed a chapter on the raceless gospel of Jesus Christ. For more information about the book and to place an order, […]
“Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that the Son of Man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist but others Elijah and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ He said to them, ‘But who do you say that I […]
“Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.” ~ St. Augustine “We only become what we are by […]