Evangelical 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
General Christian 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
Buddhist A watery way to release accumulated tension Creek Study, a watercolor by Will Noble Tension, especially tension that has built up over a long time, doesn’t necessarily disappear when the external cause of the fear that tightened us up is removed. It can become habitual. So this week in class my guided meditation was focused on releasing the accumulated and recently exacerbated […] Written by Stephanie Noble January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist Meditating with pets I have a daily Zoom meditation group as part of Wildmind’s Meditation Initiative, and there are often a few pets in evidence. In fact one day someone commented that it must be “Take Your Dog to Meditation Day.” In some ways pets are natural meditators. I’ve had a few cats in my life, and currently […] Written by Bodhipaksa January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Evangelical Evangelicals in a Post-Trump World “Evangelicals in America had a wide range of reactions to Joe Biden’s inauguration.” That proposition may not make sense from the dominant media and academic view of “evangelicals,” a term which usually means “Republican” and “white” (but may not necessarily mean “churchgoing”). If you consider the full landscape of American evangelicalism, however, there truly was […] Written by Evangelical History January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Diving into Jonah—Overcoming Reluctant Ears, Hearts & Eyes Reluctant. That’s how I see the prophet Jonah in his eponymous book. God calls him, and he just doesn’t want the ministry he’s called to. I get that reluctance. I wonder if that’s why I resonate with Jonah. What comes to mind for you when you think about reluctance? A Reluctant Prophet Jonah had an […] Written by intervarsity January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Evangelical Three Reasons God Commands Us to Pray for Government Leaders It’s Inauguration Day in the United States, so I thought I’d remind us all of the biblical duty we have to always be in prayer for government leaders. Let us remember that our sovereign God raises and lowers kings (Dan. 2:21). He alone is worthy of our worship, full allegiance, and trust. When we as […] Written by Paul Tautges January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Where Do We Go from Here? “Where do we go from here, chaos or community?” Rev. Dr. MLK Jr. asked this in his last book before he was killed for his work to end segregation and call for peace during the Vietnam war. The breach of the US Capitol and attempt to overturn our election requires us to ask the same […] Written by Red Letter Christians January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Revolutionary Love Is The Way To Racial Healing What we witnessed on January 6, 2021—a live-action coup to overthrow our government where thousands of individuals ran through the Capitol with abandon, ransacked governmental offices, and took photos with law enforcement—was always just beneath the surface of our body politic. That the vast majority of these individuals were white and sent to the Capitol […] Written by Red Letter Christians January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Evangelical The Silent Pain and Secret Shame In Our Churches Whether you’re aware of it or not, there is silent pain and secret shame in your church. Cheerful greetings are exchanged each Sunday morning. The “How are you?” greeting is politely met with “Fine” or the more daring “I’ve been better,” hoping the inquirer will not delve any deeper. But underneath some of these “all-is-well” […] Written by Paul Tautges January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist Differences between Jodo Shu and Jodo Shinshu Among the various Buddhist sects, Pure Land Buddhism is the single largest Buddhist sect practiced by most people in China and Japan. In China, it is known as the Jing Tu Zong (净土宗), in Japan, it is known as the Jodo Sect. Among the Jodo sect, there are various sub-sects such as Jodo Shu, […] Written by Minerva Lee January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist Learning to listen can change the world Just the way quieting down in meditation allows us to notice the patterns of our own thought processes, offering a safe quiet space for someone else to speak allows them to explore their thoughts and find clarity. Offering witness in this way is a great gift to them, to ourselves, and to the world. Now […] Written by Stephanie Noble January 16, 2021January 16, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
