Ross Douthat re: Roe v Wade and Abortion The strongest counterpoint to this line of argument comes from the Roman Catholic catechism’s teaching on just war. As the Catholic writer John Zmirak noted in the aftermath of the Planned Parenthood shootings last years, the church does not allow nations to take up arms and go […]
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[From Dww-work]… SILENT NIGHT? Take a look at this quote, taken from John Eldredge’s book, Wild at Heart. It’s interesting. It may change your perception of “Away in a Manger.” ********************* Most of you probably have a Nativity scene that you take out over the holidays and place on a mantel or coffee table. Most […]
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[From Dww-work]… PEACE AND SECURITY The words shalom and shalvah play on the sounds in Jerusalem, jerushalom, the place of worship. Shalom, peace, is one of the richest words in the Bible. You can no more define it by looking up its meaning in the dictionary than you can define a person by his social […]
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[From Dww-work]… A preacher once had a bad, bumpy flight. For the rest of his life, he hated airplanes. One time he sat down next to a calm passenger who noticed the preacher’s nerves. “Why are you afraid, Preacher?” the passenger asked. “Doesn’t that Bible of yours say God is with you always?” “No, that’s […]
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Walter Wangerin – facing cancer several years ago (he’s still going) Suddenly–in the midst of a life fresh and green and full of dreams–death intrudes. Your death. The real thing. Das Ding an sich, as the Germans say: “The thing itself.” And what may in the past have been a warning, perhaps a multitude of […]
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Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. —Luke 2:11 In the summer of 1861, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s wife, Frances, died tragically in a fire. That first Christmas without her, he wrote in his diary, “How inexpressibly sad are the holidays.” The next year […]
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[From Dww-work]… LATE HAVE I LOVED YOU SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Saint Augustine was grateful he had become a Christian, but regretted he had used so much of his li~ for his own selfish pursuits before he did. LATE HAVE I loved you, O beauty so ancient and so new. Late have I loved you! […]
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*Meditation Exercise–Palms Down, Palms Up (Explain first, then do it) Palms Down Posture: Sit straight, both feet on floor, eyes closed. Relax your jaw, brow, stomach muscles Breathe in deeply-with your stomach-hold it, breathe out slowly Ask the Lord to empty your mind of any concerns, worries, fears, animosity, hate any negative thoughts that come […]