Reflections for

All Saints Day, Nov 01, 2014

Revelation 7:9-17; Psalm 34:1-10, 22; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12

Editor's Desk

Faulty assumptions

Oct 25, 2012 by John M. Buchanan

I entered divinity school assuming that Christians ought to believe something is seriously wrong with the world. But I also loved the world.

Books

Saints As They Really Are

Voices of Holiness in Our Time

By Michael Plekon

Saints As They Really Are, by Michael Plekon

Oct 17, 2012 reviewed by Jon M. Sweeney

Michael Plekon is a man of many talents: he is a sociologist, an anthropologist and an expert in Kierkegaard’s thought. His spiritual pilgrimage includes converting from Catholicism to Lutheranism to Eastern Orthodoxy. His writing reflects all of this variegated experience, and for that reason it is sometimes tough to follow.

From the CCblogs Network

Blessed are the peacemakers?

Jul 25, 2012 by Carol Kuniholm

Jesus said “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.”

Books

Revelations

Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation

By Elaine Pagels

Apocalyptic visions

Jun 20, 2012 by J. Nelson Kraybill

Elaine Pagels's book repeats a winning formula: contrast the canon's controversial parts with more appealing Gnostic selections.

Features

Prayer concern

Remembering all the victims of war

Dec 29, 2011 by Marilyn McEntyre

Each week my church includes a prayer for the families of American soldiers who have died. As the names are read, I try to hold them in prayer. But I have wrestled with these prayers.

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