Articles published in the monthly Together in Prayer newsletter.
“Let anyone with ears listen” (Matthew 13:9). I was recently reminded of (yet another) colorful Luther-ism. “Stick your eyes into your ears,” Luther said famously. “He who will not take hold with his ears but wants to look with his … (read more)
“I know whom I have believed…” (2 Timothy 1:12). The world, it would seem, is falling apart. In the course of the summer, we have witnessed shutdowns and roadblocks in Bolivia, bombings and blockades in Nepal, marches in Nairobi, “hartals” … (read more)
“This ‘insider world’ is not our home….Let’s take our place outside with Jesus” (Hebrews 13:13,14, Peterson). I have recently stumbled upon a provocative quotation from Howard Hewlett Clark (1903-1983), Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada until his retirement in … (read more)
“Don’t think too highly of yourselves, but take a sane view…” (Romans 12:3, Beck)
A few years ago, while visiting the Science Museum of Minnesota, I was introduced to a powerful pictorial representation of the universe – from the minute domain of subatomic particles to the in-com-prehensible scale of interstellar space. The display is called “Powers of Ten.”
At a scale of 1:1023 meters (i.e., one meter to ten to the twenty-third power meters), our entire galaxy is but a speck.
“He set his face to go to Jerusalem” (Luke 9:51). In July, the Common Lectionary brings us again to the “Lord of the harvest” passage – this time from Luke. “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore … (read more)
And the Word became flesh and lived among us” (John 1:14). This month I am writing from the wide plains of Montana, west-bound aboard the Empire Builder. The Empire Builder, as you may know, is the train that travels from … (read more)
“[Jesus said],’You can be sure that wherever in the whole world the Message is preached, what she has…done is going to be remembered” (Matthew 14:9). Recently I received a call from a reporter at The London Times. She explained that … (read more)
“Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God” (1 John 4:2). I have recently experienced The Passion of the Christ, a film by Mel Gibson. It has set me to thinking about the … (read more)
“And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself” (John 12:32). A few days ago I saw our fellowship at work. On February 16 and 17, our Home Council gathered in Minneapolis, in … (read more)
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