Is it possible, given our preference of heart-knowledge over head-knowledge, that we, too, are at risk of abandoning our long and strong tradition of intellectual exploration?
I walked the 500 miles from SJPDP to SDC in Sept/ Oct of 2016. I clearly remember the hill depicted here
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Of course, you could always start a Meetup group for similar effect. Check out https://youtu.be/XDRExfv9Hic to hear Paul VanderKlay discuss this topic.
Cool use of the Jonah story. But what of those among us who more readily identify with Hosea than with Jonah? When God calls us into peculiar life circumstances to make a point? When it is not so...
I plan to walk the Camino de Santiago in September. Does that count?
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It seems to me that no matter how thoroughly the DOD committee reviews the historical records, or how "balanced" it presents its results, or how pure its motives are towards some form of...
....or the visitors could listen to the pain felt by all parties involved, and encourage dialogue and mutual understanding, which may, in the end, bear witness to the hope that is within us, ...
It is not likely that the departing pastor woke up one day, and said to himself: "I think I'll start a new church down the street". If we want to be proactive about this problem, perhaps we have...
Thanks Paul, for this important reminder.
In the same spirit, I wonder if our churches, and synod, would be well served if, prior to any discussion about potentially divisive subjects, we...
I suspect that the same question could be raised in any assembly of our denomination, from consistories to synod. Consistories can become so staff focused so as to lose sight of the membership, ...
Discerning post. Thank you for sending that email. I am sure it led to considerable discussion at your students' dinner table that evening.
With my own children already grown and on their...
