The history of translation and transmission of the Bible was complex, contentious, and sometimes violent.
Story Subject: wisdom
Home is Where Church Is
A friend was asked what he would include in a picture related to Oscar Wilde’s quote, “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” He wanted to drag a mattress and sheets into his sanctuary.
Missionaries to China Trying a Different Approach: Michele Ruggieri & Matteo Ricci
16th century missionaries to China Ruggieri & Ricci learned Chinese, wore Chinese robes, and did not insist that western cultural values were a part of learning the Gospel.
If No One Spoke Up, Would You?: Solomon Asch
When everyone else answers wrong to a really obvious question, one study showed that 75% of people will go along with them at least once.
A Light from God is a Light to Freedom: Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman’s faith in her own words:
When God Says No: Dan Bern
The enormity of the cross meets us wherever we are.
Getting through Heartache with Both/And
Are there soul mates? What do we do either way?
The Temptation of Nostalgia
Today’s good old days are yesterday’s bad new days.
Does Physical Suffering Bring Us Closer to God?: Christina the Astonishing
Looking for the purpose of life in the body, of physical pain
Going Nowhere Fast: The Red Queen from “Alice in Wonderland”
We’re working hard, hardly resting – what do we get for it?