Access to God’s Reign, Wholeness in Our Human family
“The spiritual gift of healing is not restricted to those in a specific economic category.” –Dr. Harold Dean Trulear In my post earlier this week, “The Story Within the Story,” I reflected on Mark 5:21-43, the interwoven tales of healing for two “daughters” in God’s family, one the twelve year old child of the synagogue[…]
The Story Within the Story
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.” –Maya Angelou Our lives are meant to be the stories of God-with-us. To experience the fulfillment of these stories,these relationships, and to be able to share them generously with others in the realm of God’s love, is the substance of salvation. Our stories[…]
From the Statue, Learn Its Lesson
In the wake of the Freeh report, there are renewed calls for Penn State University to remove the seven-foot statue of Joe Paterno at Beaver Stadium. An article in Thursday’s Philadelphia Inquirer, “Joe Paterno Statue a Lightning Rod,” highlights the range of emotions swirling around whether the university should take down the statue, and other[…]
The Conspiracy of Goodness
“How could the Nazis ever get to the end of the resources of such a people?” –Pastor Andre Trocme On a Saturday afternoon in late summer of 1942, police in Nazi- occupied France arrived in the southern French town of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon with several empty buses. They demanded that the pastor of the town’s French[…]
