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Continue reading →: Praise for the wonders of GodPsalm 65:8 The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy.
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Continue reading →: The Holy Family as Refugees“Refugees: The Holy Family” by Kelly Latimore
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Continue reading →: Praying the GospelI picked up this gospel focussed prayer from JD Greear, author of several books including Gaining by Losing: Why the Future Belongs to Churches That Send. The Gospel Prayer In Christ, there is nothing I can do that would make You love me more, and nothing I have done that makes…
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Continue reading →: Prayer against the darknessMy inner demons have been getting the better of me lately, so I am trying to fight back. This prayer comes from Saint Ignatius of Loyola: O Christ Jesus when all is darkness and we feel our weakness and helplessness, give us the sense of Your presence, Your love, and…
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Continue reading →: Fasting in the Old TestamentI have always struggled with fasting as a practice, at least in terms of food. Recently though I have begun exploring what Jesus and the prophets had to say about it, as well as what later commentators have said. I found Bible.org has an excellent summary of fasting as practiced…
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Continue reading →: Christian Art: JonahThere is an amazing array of Christian art covering the story of Jonah, the reluctant prophet. Click through to see the full gallery of images I’ve collected.
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Continue reading →: Isaiah the naked prophetI am not one for going sky clad, but if I were so inclined it wouldn’t be without biblical precedent. The prophet Isaiah walked around naked for three years in a stunning act of performance art. In the book of Isaiah it is written, “Just as my servant Isaiah has…
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Continue reading →: Do not be ashamed to enter the ChurchJohn Chrystotom once said, “Do not be ashamed to enter again into the Church. Be ashamed when you sin. Do not be ashamed when you repent. Pay attention to what the devil did to you. These are two things: sin and repentance. Sin is a wound; repentance is a medicine.…
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Continue reading →: Haunted by the sound of JackbootsPersecution. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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Continue reading →: Jesus was a refugeeIt is worth remembering that the Bible presents Jesus as exactly the kind of person that many people who profess to be Christian reject: a refugee child. Jesus’ earliest years were, according to the Gospel of Matthew, spent as a refugee in a foreign land, and then as a displaced…
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