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Maryada Vallet: Dispatch from the Desert: Crown of Thorns
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jmcgee
It is late afternoon in southern Arizona and the branches of the ocotillo cacti shine like golden rods pointing to the heavens. The monsoon rains of summer have turned desolation into life, and all that was brown is green in the Sonoran Desert. The ocotillo glow in this ‘golden hour’ before sunset because the green…
Verse of the Day: ‘Dissentions and offenses’
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jmcgee
I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep an eye on those who cause dissensions and offenses, in opposition to the teaching that you have learned; avoid them. For such people do not serve the Lord Christ, but their own appetities, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded. –…
Voice of the Day: Mother Teresa
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jmcgee
It is more difficult to fight poverty in a rich country than in a poor one. – Mother Teresa + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail
Brian McLaren: Compassion and Hope in the Haggard Scandal
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jmcgee
As a representative of the Red Letter Christians, I was asked the other day to participate in an NPR dialogue about the recent resignation of Ted Haggard. Two things struck me about the dialogue. First, compassion. The tone of the conversation was not glee at the fall of a hypocrite, but rather sadness and empathy…
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