Mission is always done in context; otherwise, mission has neither relevance nor any meaning. Our context of livid violence by human beings against each other challenges us to reflect on how we are to participate in God’s mission. First and foremost, let us not despair by what we see aroun...
Our goals are: first to visit a new missionary area – Huancayo up in the Andes (altitude nearly 11,000 feet) – and second, to work with the new Peruvian bishops and clergy as they transition to Bishop Godfrey’s retirement later this year. In late February, I have a SOMA board meeti...
So if you are someone who keeps low expectations from people, you have to sort your attitude out first. You could be influenced by past experiences, biases, stereotypes, or a lack of understanding of the individual’s capabilities. Some of us may have worked in environments where we have wi...
There may never have been an actor more suited to a recurring role than Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt (Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones might be the closest). The story itself is fairly straightforward, even if the item being chased often feels like a MacGuffin. Your questioning of how a 'simple...
The first heart does not change: for the Chinese people to seek happiness For the vast majority of people, it is a solemn promise, the first heart of all communists. In the communist manifesto, Marx and Engels pointed out that the movement of the proletariat is the independent movement of ...
‘anything other than continuing the work of conversion’, will make no headway, Taylor insists, unless they first understand that such traditions of response arebothdeeply ingrainedanddynamic cultural ideas, as well as being attempts at fundamental meaning-making. The first challenge of inter-faith...
So, I started baking, more than usual. The folks at my school, church and Sorriso’s can attest to this. I have always enjoyed baking; simple things like my mother’s famous Heitmann Cookies, or more complex things like from scratch vanilla cupcakes with raspberry frosting made from macerate...
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8 was officially recognized as a Buddha Day by the State Legislature of 1963. Since Buddha’s birthplace was a flower garden in Lumbini and also April in Japan is a beautiful season of Sakura flowers, Buddha’s Birthday is also called “Hanamatsuri” meaning “Flower(Hana) Festival(Matsuri)...
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