including our last, we “fall asleep in Christ.” But the act of complete surrender to the Divine Other is not lightly done. Jesus spent his last breath commending his spirit to the Father (Luke 23:46), so when we ourselves say the same words we are connecting to something...
Isaiah Washington Texas, USA, Houston 580 votes Isaiah Washington IV (born August 3, 1963) is an American actor. Washington has appeared in Spike Lee films Crooklyn, Clockers, Girl 6 and Get on the Bus. Washington is also known for his role as Dr. Preston Burke on the ABC medical dra...
Jesus will never ever unfollow you! (Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time) Isaiah 56:1, Isaiah 56:6-7, Romans 11:13-15, Romans 11:29-32, Matthew 15:21-28. Reflection Dear sisters and brothers, Let me start the reflection for this ...
Since Jesus changed symbols and practices associated with Passover (Matthew 26:26-30), and that is why we do not follow the instruction to kill and lamb and put its blood on our doorposts per Exodus 12:7, that as Christians there were allowable changes to aspects of keeping the Holy Days...
God Makes All Things Beautiful, In His Time: Aaron Tippin, Isaiah and Jude Kofie, & Bill Magnusson – Episode #351 Narrator:Welcome to theJesus Calling Podcast. One of the greatest markers of our adult life is when we fully come to realize that we were designed wit...
What saddens me however is that a lot of those who were in the youth ministries I led, people who I was friends with, and people I served alongside have left the church, and many of them appear to have no faith in Jesus. I do not know the state of anyone’s heart, I don’t ...
We know that Jesus expressed compassion for people who did not have leaders: “He saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd” (Mk 6:34). Jesus was critical of those who exercised their leadership without a spirit of service, “You...
“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: . . .”– Philippians 2:5,6 “你们当以基督耶稣的心为心:他本有神的形象,不以为自己与神同等,……。”。– 腓立比书 2:5,6 The drama of lif...
If Ronald Shannon Jackson had done no more than play with avant-garde jazz icons Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman and Cecil Taylor during a span of 12 years between 1966 and 1978, his stature would be secure. But Jackson, who incorporated parade-drumming patterns, African rhythms and funk into ...