"When conflicting viewpoints arise in a circle of trust, we arrive at a critical moment. Now we can easily slip back into business as usual … trying to talk each other into, or out of, some opinion. Now we may… Continue reading

"I believe in God as I believe the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else." -CS Lewis In I Kings 19, Elijah is on the run, tired, discouraged, depressed, afraid… Continue reading

The first great controversy in the early church was over making sure all people were treated fairly and equitably. This led to the first appointment of official servants whose job was to administer ministry (service) and this, in turn, led… Continue reading

Kathleen Peterson, https://www.kathleenpetersonart.com Filled with Awe “And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, ‘What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?’” -Mark 4:41 It was when Jesus brought calm that the… Continue reading

I've fallen down the rabbit hole into a dystopian "wonderland" of bizarre relativism. Can someone pinch me back into reality or has the whole world set aside any perspective on truth and compassion? "Truth is whatever supports my world view?"… Continue reading

CHAP. VII. The Passion of St. Alban and his companions, who at that time shed their blood for our Lord. Bede’s account from The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (1. 7) of the martyrdom of Alban, probably under the Diocletian persecutions… Continue reading

It is true that we have been informed and inspired by some folks who did some horrible things, things from which we may have benefited, things that destroyed other people and their societies. Our thought processes must be balanced if… Continue reading

When we learn to love freedom, the freedom of one is the freedom of all. We all share in its blessings when received and in its deprivation when it is withheld. Continue reading