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My SOUL FOOD: DAILY DEVOTIONS FOR THE HUNGRY, Volume 4, for October, November and December is available as an e-book in Kindle as well as in Paperback from Amazon. Topics covered are: Romans 8, Ephesians, Salvation, Thanksgiving, Advent, Revelation, Christmas and New...
THE POPE AND JESUS
One of my favorite websites is www.thefederalist.com. The following posts were most perceptive about the Pope’s visit to the USA. Ten Stories the Media Won't Tell You About the Pope's USA Visit...
HOW TO COUNTERACT LONELINESS AS WE AGE
Many are sadly depressed because they feel so lonely. Because they feel devalued as they age and they lose their place and function in society, they find it difficult to initiate contact with others and build relationships. They don’t call people or set up lunches, or...
HOW TO COUNTERACT DEPRESSION AS YOU AGE
Depression afflicts all ages but especially those at later stages of their lives. Many of those are afflicted by depression in their younger years because of chemical imbalance can be helped by antidepressants. Tragically some, who struggle despite medication, lose...
WHAT IS YOUR VIEW ON AGING?
James Houston and Michael Parker in their A VISION FOR THE AGING CHURCH, ask which of these two views of aging dominates our churches today? How hard and painful are the last days of an aged man! He grows weaker every day; his eyes become dim, his ears deaf; his...
HOW DO YOU AGE SUCCESSFULLY?
James Houston (emeritus professor of spiritual theology at Regent College in Vancouver) and Michael Parker (associate professor in the School of Social Work and at the Center of Mental Health & Aging at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and adjunct...
THE CIVILIZATION OF THE SPECTACLE
Mario Vargas Llosa (b.1936) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010. He is a Peruvian novelist, politician, journalist and college professor. A classical liberal by conviction he commands great respect in Latin America. His latest book, Notes on the Death of...
WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR LATER LIFE?
Pastoring a congregation where most of the members are retired from their careers I am constantly needing to reflect on what are appropriate expectations for them at their stage in life. We are not preoccupied with children’s or youth ministry, nor with young...
Should Kim Davis Resign? An Argument Against.
Joe Carter for The Gospel Coalition has written this perceptive post on the Kim Davis, Kentucky County Clerk Christian liberty conflict. ...
IS SEXUAL ORIENTATION A MATTER OF CHOICE? DOES YOUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST TRUMP YOUR SEXUAL DESIRES?
Rosario Champagne Butterfield is a former tenured professor of English and women’s studies at Syracuse University who is now the wife of a Reformed Presbyterian pastor. She became a Christian in 1999 after a series of lesbian relationships and a promoter of LGBT...
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