Now the post-Christian view which is gradually coming into existence—it is complete already in some people and still incomplete in others—is quite different. According to it Nature is not a live thing to be reverenced: it is a kind of machine for us to exploit. There is no objective R...
Pastor Ken Shigematsu showing Christians how to practice one form of contemplative prayer. (photo from a 2-second clip of theCharismavideo; used in accordance with the U.S. Fair Use Act) The acceptance of contemplative prayer has hit an all-time high in the church. And is it any wonder?
The Barbie Expo takes up a back section of theLes Cours Mont-Royal shopping mallright in the heart of downtown Montreal. Follow the signs through the mall and you will happen upon a trendy black and white space hung with crystal chandeliers and rows of brightly lit museum cases. You will ...
While we were there we saw the Chapel of the Holy Cross, the Sedona overlook, Airport Mesa, Three Sisters, and some of the adorable shops in town as we sipped hot chocolate. We only had a couple hours here, and hiking took the most time. I would love to go back for more hiking- ...
This life can be rough. It can flat out suck some days. God never promised to ‘only give us what we can handle’ – but He did promise to never leave nor forsake us. He did promise that in His presence is fullness of joy…that His Spirit brings love, peace, patience, kindness, ...
His body, denied sunlight, sensory input choked off, external features apparently of little utility with no-one to look upon them, had begun to turn in on itself. He used his hands, his eyes, his mouth and sometimes his feet. Everything else was extraneous surface area and, over the ...
and golden squash piled high upon your kitchen table. Poetry demands surrender, language saying what is true doing holy things to the ordinary. Read just one poem a day. Someday a book of poems may open in your hands like a daffodil offering its cup to the sun. When you can name five...
And then a broad beam of light would fall upon the ship, even while it was still surrounded by darkness. And then along the beam, the children (some young, some grown) would see what looked like a cross, then like an aeroplane, and then like a kite before finally arriving in a whirl...