Rev Bill

A lot of times during Lent we hear people talk about the “spiritual disiciplines” of prayer, study, worship, fasting, etc. Here’s soemething Henri Nouwen wrote about spiritual discipline:

Discipline is the other side of discipleship.Discipleship without discipline is like waiting to run in the marathonwithout ever practicing. Discipline without discipleship is like always practicing for the [...]

I got this article from Daily Wisdom and found it to be thoughtful and true — yet also humorous. A good way to communicate something that is important for us to remember! Read it here.
Until next time — Shalom! Bill

“My message to both parties - to both liberals and conservatives - is that protecting life is indeed a seamless garment. Protecting unborn life is important. Opposing unjust wars that take human life is important. And supporting anti-poverty programs that provide adequate support for mothers and children in poverty is [...]

The entry for today in Goshen College’s Lent 2005 Devotional Blog is some thoughts on Romans 5:1-11. (I’ve linked to Eugene Peterson’s translation because that is the translation that is referenced in the entry, but not the one given at the beginning of the entry!) It’s about “life [...]

Gordon Atkinson — the Real Live Preacher — has written another essay for the The Christian Century. Read the essay – which is actually a journal entry he made of a trip to a mountain in Colorado. It is a wonderfully written expression of his love for nature, his [...]