Good Friday. Beautiful Friday. The English word beauty ultimately stems from a derivative of the Latin adjective bellus meaning, “pretty, handsome, charming, fine, pleasant, nice” which is intricately related to the Latin bonus, which means...
“Questions and answers are by definition linked together but they are a very different skillset. Seeking answers is a process of elimination through research and experimentation, trying to piece together different information and narrow things down to a...
I have been struck with a perspective this lent season that I really haven’t pondered before. Much of my focus during this time in years past has been that of personal devotion, realignment and attention to that which is potentially hindering my love for...
When the news of the recent earthquake in Turkey broke, I had this overwhelming feeling of paralysis. Not in my body, nor my emotions per se, not even intellectually, this somehow felt different. Maybe for the first time, or at least in a different way, I was able to...
Much like Peter himself, or at least how I would imagine him, the tone of his First Epistle is one of urgency and intensity. He is speaking to the Church in exile, writing from the belly of the beast, Rome, or as he calls it in Chapter 5, Babylon. His confidence is in...
