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May 2011

May 18, 2011

Interactive Map: Where the 12 apostles died

View Where the 12 Apostles Died in a larger map

May 16, 2011

The Parable of the Wicked Tenants: A Handbook – New E-Book!

The parable of the wicked tenants is enigmatic in many ways. It’s a parable that...

May 14, 2011

Why I Have Hope In The Church

Reconciling a Changing WorldThe world that we live in today is faced with new ethical...

May 10, 2011

Traditional Families Are NOT Holier Families

Family is a great gift from God. It is a community, created by God, that...

May 03, 2011

The Jesus Prayer

I recently wrote a little handbook on one of my favorite prayers, "The Jesus Prayer." The...

May 02, 2011

NEW BOOK: Esther, Queen of the Jews

I have published another FREE E-Book. This time it's a simple curriculum. I wrote it...

May 02, 2011

The Role of Tears in the Spiritual life: lessons from the Desert Fathers

One of the most interesting things that we as human beings do is to weep....

April 2011

April 21, 2011

LOVE WINS: a review

My beautiful and intelligent wife wrote a review of Love Wins by Rob Bell. I...

April 21, 2011

Living as a Peacemaker in a World at War

Having a Voice in a Violent WorldThe movie “Miss Congeniality” (2000) presents the story of...

April 14, 2011

Song: Calling

Here is one of my songs... It's a rough recording I did today. Let me...

April 12, 2011

What is RUTH doing in the BIBLE?

The book of Ruth finds it’s place in the Christian canon of scripture wedged into...

April 07, 2011

Why did God command such violence against the canaanite peoples?

One of the most common critiques of Christianity and Judaism is the חרם (ḥērem) that...

April 04, 2011

How do you read the Histories in the Bible?

The Bible is a book that is filled with many kinds of literature. There are...

March 2011

March 29, 2011

What is addiction?

The first question in the Heidelberg Catechism is: "What is thy only comfort in life...

March 22, 2011

What does δικαιοσύνην θεοῦ mean?

One of the most controversial phrases in the Bible is δικαιοσύνην θεοῦ. It shows up in Romans 3:5; James...

March 17, 2011

I’m in Honduras

Hey Everyone... I'm in Honduras this week.Sorting Green CoffeeI'm writing you today from the top...

March 01, 2011

What Will We Remember For Eternity?

When I was first beginning to seriously explore my faith in my teens I remember...

February 2011

February 27, 2011

Do you tell White Lies?

This story is from http://www.jesusorsquirrel.com/ Have you ever told a white lie to make others think better...

February 26, 2011

How I understand prayer

This week I attended a lecture by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware in which he gave one...

February 25, 2011

Election and Liberation

This week I read an interesting article by George Pixley and Clodovis Boff called "The...

February 24, 2011

100 Christian Books That Changed the Century by William J. Peterson

Here is a list of the top 100 Christian Books That Changed the Century by...

February 22, 2011

Still Knowing: Meeting God in Silence

Last Friday I went to a solitude retreat just outside of Chicago. From 9am to...

February 21, 2011

Orthodox salvation VS Protestant salvation

One of my blogger friends just posted this video...What do you think?Does he get the...

February 18, 2011

Why I need “Lectio Divina”

As a seminarian I often have to read hundreds of writing pages a day. This...

February 17, 2011

Spiritual Nuts and Religious Fruit

There are many examples of spiritual hunger in our world today. People are connecting with...

February 15, 2011

Genesis Quick and Dirty

In the beginning God spoke light and heaven and earth into existence and filled them...

February 10, 2011

C.S. Lewis on Liturgy and Worship

I thought this was both interesting and a little bit funny too. I hope you...

February 08, 2011

Reconciling Biblical Patriarchy

One of the hardest things for me to wrestle with about the Bible is how...

February 07, 2011

Varieties of Spiritual Companionship

I ran into this chart today and I thought it could be of some help...

January 2011

January 27, 2011

Book Review: Scripture and Disernment

What is the role of the Church in interpreting the scripture today? This question Luke...