Sunday night my bride and I hosted a small group book study for the book Economy of Love, published by The House Studio. It was our first meeting and the discussion was lively, but a bit off-topic at times. The study is a challenge to look at our resources in terms of the Kingdom goals. [...more...]
Angel’s mother, Jan, is a sweet giving woman. She amazes me at her generosity. A few weeks ago, she gave us her 2-yr-old lawn tractor – gave. The only catch was that I had to get it to the house. We don’t have a trailer, and my old ’65 Ford truck isn’t operable yet (broken [...more...]
“Via Media” – the middle way. It is a term used by John Wesley. Between two extremes, there lies a middle way. Not a compromise, per se – but an intentional meeting of the minds – a reconciliation of ideas. In his time, the via media was a way to seek restoration between the status [...more...]
When I was young, I imagined being a superhero. My favorite was Batman because he was just a regular guy, with no superpowers – he just had a heart for the weak and vulnerable – I could be Batman. Sometimes, however, I wished that I was Superman. He has all kinds of superpowers – invincibility, [...more...]
What follows is a copy/ paste/ edit of my comments on a blog I follow. The comments are to a post that references a story told at the Sustainable Faith Conference about the exploitation of migrant workers in the USA. The discussion got interesting when one commenter asked, “What has all this got to do [...more...]
