SELF-DENIAL
There is little possibility of understanding self-love and acceptance without understanding the process of self-denial. Self-denial has a bad history in that the old and […]
March 2021
ON BEING A MOTHER
Denise Mira, speaker, author and mother of five wrote, “I could have been someone else in this world!” But my silent screams remain my private […]
QUIET ENCOUNTERS
Eberhard Arnold (1883-1935) wrote, “The great agitation in the world of today makes it more and more urgent to gain inner strength in those quiet […]
SALTED WITH FIRE
The Gospel of Mark 9 has some very difficult texts to deal with both in practice and interpretation, in particular verse 49. “For everyone will […]
DONKEYS AND HORSES
“In ancient times, dignitaries would ride donkeys in civil processions, and horses in military ones. A king arriving on a donkey would indicate that the […]
THE WIDOW OF NAIN
“Jesus went with his disciples to the village of Nain, and a large crowd followed him. A funeral procession was coming out as he approached the […]
GET IT RIGHT
Using trigonometric and GPS measurements, China and Nepal have agreed on a new height for Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak they share, at 29,032 feet […]
LINE UPON LINE OF LOVE
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.By this we shall know that we are of the truthand reassure […]
GOING THROUGH HELL
My friend Bruce recently sent me this quote from Winston Churchill (1874-1965): “When you are going through hell…keep on going.” “I have prayed for you […]