I first met Josh Yeoh a number of years ago while living in Malaysia, but didn’t get to know the man until a recent trip (when I returned to the country to work on this project). I had never spent much time before in a House of Prayer, but because of my friendship with Josh [...]
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Merry Christmas to each of you. Thanks for stopping by my site throughout the year, leaving encouraging notes, and engaging life with me on the web. What a time to be alive. What a season to celebrate. Christmas always grounds me in meaning. As I think about the Incarnation, how the infinite became finite and [...]
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Way back in the 1490s, a man of many talents was commissioned by the French ambassador in the Holy See to sculpt one of his most well known works, the Pietà. Upon its completion, one of the artist’s contemporaries wrote, “It is certainly a miracle that a formless block of stone could ever have been [...]
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Invitations to self-sacrifice and selflessness are seldom extended today. We’re a Get-Anything-You-Want-For-Cheap kind of culture whose convenience and blessedness comes at the expense of others we don’t see and, gosh-darnit, we want to keep in that way. We’re insured or have access to insurance to protect the kingdoms we build for ourselves. We’re padded, protected, [...]
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Have you ever been shocked at the four-letter words in the Bible? Sometimes they offend me more than the four-letter words I hear on the street, because they offend and upend my whole view of things. Scripture, for instance, has the gall to tell you to go and find yourself and then shows you just [...]
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Annie Dillard asks a question about beauty in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek that nearly stops my beating heart. She frames the question with an Eskimo story told by Farley Mowat about a man, his young wife, and the girl’s mother at the top of the world. Jealous of her daughter’s love, the old woman strangles [...]
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Interview: Bryan + Katie Torwalt, "Here on Earth"
If God Had A Facebook Account, What Would He Write on Your Wall?
Interview: Kidnap Survivor and Inspiring Humanitarian Amanda Lindhout
If Rudyard Kipling had Fridge Magnets
Chasing Tradition: Herbert's "Altar"
St. Matthew and Writing to an Audience
RS Thomas – The Bread of Truth
Creativity. Collaboration. Courage.
Coming Down From the Mountain: Advice to Those in Transition
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