Nothing less…but so much more

Do you ever find yourself knowing what it is you want to say, but struggling to find words to clearly convey your thoughts? It happens to me all the time. But recently, certain ideas which had been stirring around my head in a muddle, suddenly crystallized with clarity into a single sentence. Anyone who knows [...]

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What’s Next?

Given the diversity and polarization of our culture, we frequently find people hold starkly differing perspectives. So different, in fact, that they sometimes seem more like alternate perceptions of reality rather than just different opinions. In this current political season, evidence of this divide between people is painfully obvious. But politics is not the only [...]

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“What about him? What about them?”

It was an anxious time for Peter. He had some serious fence-mending to do. Just days before, Jesus had been arrested and placed on trial in the courtyard of the home of the high priest. After the arrest, his disciples had followed at a distance. Without their leader they were confused and troubled. Their world [...]

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A Conversation with Gandhi – Part IV

If you’ve been following this series of posts, you’re already familiar with the scene. Early in the twentieth century, western Christian worker E. Stanley Jones developed a friendship with India’s Mahatma Gandhi. On one occasion, Jones took the opportunity to ask Gandhi’s advice as to how Christians could make a more favorable impact upon the [...]

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A Conversation with Gandhi – Part III

In the two previous posts (here and here) we’ve observed Mahatma Gandhi conversing with one of his contemporaries, E. Stanley Jones, a western Christian worker in India. Jones asked Gandhi how Christians might make their faith more appealing to the Indian people. Gandhi replied with four separate recommendations. As I’ve already shared, it is my [...]

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A Conversation with Gandhi – Part II

As was discussed in an earlier post, we are looking at a conversation involving the premier political and spiritual leader of India of the twentieth century, Mahatma Gandhi. He was asked by the western Christian worker, E. Stanley Jones, if he had any insights as to what Christians could do to present Christianity in a [...]

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A Conversation with Gandhi – Part I

When considering the people of the last century who have influenced the world through their moral and spiritual stature, almost any short list would have to include Gandhi. In fact, although his given name was Mohandas, many knew him as Mahatma, “great soul,” a tribute to the respect in which he was held. He was [...]

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