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Some years ago I became familiar with the 1980 Nobel prizewinning poet Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004). I began to collect his books of essays and poems. Recently I read his biography by Andrzej Franaszek edited and translated from the Polish by Aleksandra and Michael...
THE ASCENSION
The Ascension of Jesus - Rembrandt Today is Ascension Day – forty days after the resurrection Jesus ascended to heaven to assume his place in the Godhead, interceding for us and taking our humanity with him (Acts 1:1-11). We are connected to him in the Body of Christ...
HOW CHRISTIANS FACE DYING FAITHFULLY
SPEAKING OF DYING: RECOVERING THE CHURCH’S VOICE IN THE FACE OF DEATH, Fred Craddock, Dale Goldsmith, and Joy V. Goldsmith FACING DYING FAITHFULLY EXAMPLES OF CHRISTIANS DYING Paul (65) To Live is Christ; To Die is Gain. He suffered numerous life-threatening...
PREACHING ON DEATH AND DYING – A 9/11 SERMON
SPEAKING OF DYING: RECOVERING THE CHURCH’S VOICE IN THE FACE OF DEATH, Fred Craddock, Dale Goldsmith, and Joy V. Goldsmith PREACHING ON DEATH AND DYING Is death a subject appropriate for the pulpit? Should a sermon about death be preached when no one is dead, at...
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO SOMEONE WHO IS DYING?
This is the fourth in the series of summaries from SPEAKING OF DYING: RECOVERING THE CHURCH’S VOICE IN THE FACE OF DEATH, Fred Craddock, Dale Goldsmith, and Joy V. Goldsmith. This from the chapter: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO SOMEONE WHO IS DYING? Where and when do we in the...
THE RESOURCES FOR DYING FOUND IN THE TWO GOSPEL SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH AND THE PSALMS
Continuing my class on the Christian attitude to dying, here is my summary of the chapter from SPEAKING OF DYING: RECOVERING THE CHURCH’S VOICE IN THE FACE OF DEATH, Fred Craddock, Dale Goldsmith, and Joy V. Goldsmith: THE DIFFERENCE JESUS’S DYING MAKES How does a...
A THEOLOGY OF DYING
Continuing my class on SPEAKING OF DYING: RECOVERING THE CHURCH’S VOICE IN THE FACE OF DEATH, Fred Craddock, Dale Goldsmith, and Joy V. Goldsmith, here is a summary of the chapter JESUS CHRIST LORD OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD – AND THE DYING. A summary of Christian...
THE PROBLEM OF DYING
I am leading a class on the Christian attitude to dying using material from SPEAKING OF DYING: RECOVERING THE CHURCH’S VOICE IN THE FACE OF DEATH, Fred Craddock, Dale Goldsmith, and Joy V. Goldsmith I expected a half dozen or so participants and forty three turned up....
EASTER: THE FEAST OF FAITH
John Chrysostom (which means the Golden-mouthed for his great preaching) was born in Antioch, Syria of Greek parents in 349 A.D. He was appointed Archbishop of Constantinople in 397 and was exiled by the Emperor Arcadius in 405 for his criticism of the Empress...
HOW OUR CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT THERE ARE NO MORAL FACTS
In an article in the New York Times, Justin McBrayer, professor of philosophy at Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado points out the fallacy of those who seek to separate fact from opinion in public schools. It illustrates the moral relativism that pervades our...
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