One afternoon, a young man showed up on my doorstep, offering me the opportunity to buy some magazines and thus support his education. We spoke for a while, and finally broached the obvious subject. You see, he’s gay, and I’m a conservative christian. While his persona was easily noticeable, mine came as a bit of …
Category: Side Notes
Insights & commentary, different from the somewhat structured recaps of each book.
Temple Tours Update
A few extra notes on the Temple Tours experience. RE: the Monastery and the Benedictine Monks – their group prayer time with the chanting in the sanctuary occurs 7 times each day, each time with a focused topic of prayer, and they begin at 4:45 every morning. I don’t often _see_ 4:45 in the morning, much less be up, …
Temple Tours
World Religious Movements class, fieldtrips to Reformed Jewish, Hindu, and Buddhist temples, to observe and hear first hand the practice of their faith. Then, God added a little extra to the field trip – He’s so good, always.
Theology
I love her writing, and I really appreciate her perspective on the definition/practice of Theology. (and I share with many others the sympathetic pain for the situation that brought her to this realization) Blessings, Tricia & boys – Thanks for the lessons you’re teaching the rest of us Thanks for the reminders of the importance …
Paid
She had allowed herself to dream that maybe, if she could become a better person, just maybe she could meet Him someday. Never, in her worst nightmares, did she imagine she would meet him like this…