Gallery How to Be a Fashion-Loving Minimalist If you read an article about how to live without an income every day for the rest of your life, you might be thinking, “Well … that isn’t going to happen.” But you’re wrong, because there is the possibility that we can achieve that on a daily basis. It’s not easy, but there are some […] Written by jack121400 October 1, 2019October 1, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Unquestionable Devotion to Spiritual Teacher: The Story of Serial-Killer Angulimala It might astound many people, including many Buddhists, to learn that one of the arhats, or enlightened saints, was a serial killer. This killer was named Angulimala, whose name means “Finger Garland,” due to the garland composed of the finger bones of his 999 victims that he wore around his neck. According to the tradition, he […] Written by Minerva Lee January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
RESOURCES: Parenting Prodigal Children BOOKS/MINI-BOOKS Come Back, Barbara: A Father’s Pursuit of a Prodigal Daughter (John Miller, Barbara Juliani) From Heartbroken to Hopeful: Gospel Hope for Parents with Prodigals (Shirley Elliot) Letting Go: Rugged Love for Wayward Souls (Dave Harvey, Paul Gilbert) Prodigal Children: Hope and Help for Parents (Robert Jones) The Painful Path of the Prodigal (Craig Svensson) […] Written by Paul Tautges January 23, 2021January 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Unquestionable Devotion to Spiritual Teacher: The Story of Serial-Killer Angulimala It might astound many people, including many Buddhists, to learn that one of the arhats, or enlightened saints, was a serial killer. This killer was named Angulimala, whose name means “Finger Garland,” due to the garland composed of the finger bones of his 999 victims that he wore around his neck. According to the tradition, he […] Written by Minerva Lee January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
RESOURCES: Parenting Prodigal Children BOOKS/MINI-BOOKS Come Back, Barbara: A Father’s Pursuit of a Prodigal Daughter (John Miller, Barbara Juliani) From Heartbroken to Hopeful: Gospel Hope for Parents with Prodigals (Shirley Elliot) Letting Go: Rugged Love for Wayward Souls (Dave Harvey, Paul Gilbert) Prodigal Children: Hope and Help for Parents (Robert Jones) The Painful Path of the Prodigal (Craig Svensson) […] Written by Paul Tautges January 23, 2021January 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
You are Not Less Worthy Luke 4:14-30 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 1/17/21 Which part of the body are you? Are you the eyes, seeing everything that goes on, observing, and through that seeing, helping us to be guided forward as a church, as a people, into the future? Are you the ears, hearing the concerns and hearing […] Written by Barbara Barkley January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
With New Executive Order, This Immigrant Is Leaving Church Sanctuary After 3.5 Years Jose Chicas, a native of El Salvador who has been living in church sanctuary for more than three years, [moved] out Friday (Jan. 22) after President Joe Biden signed an executive order temporarily halting the deportation of undocumented immigrants. Chicas, 55, has been living in an old clapboard house next door to St. John’s Missionary […] Written by Red Letter Christians January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Beginning of the End for Nuclear Weapons Today is the day the United Nation’s Treaty on Nuclear Weapons goes into effect. It’s the long planned but seemingly impossible day millions — if not billions — of people have waited for since Hiroshima Day, August 6, 1945. Today, the U.N. treaty declares that the manufacture, possession, use or threat to use nuclear weapons […] Written by Red Letter Christians January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
God Has Not Forgotten You In Your Time of Great Sorrow The pain of loss can lead you to feel alone, even forgotten. The lack of answers to your Why questions and the drying up of the stream of encouraging phone calls, or mail can add to this solitary feeling. There also may be a lack of a sense of what our society calls closure; that […] Written by Paul Tautges January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Changing Sense of Call Luke 5:1-11 Mark 1:14-20 Today we have two stories about the call of the fishermen disciples. In the story from Luke, we see that Jesus initiates the call by asking for a favor: “Jesus boarded one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon and then […] Written by Barbara Barkley January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
