Is Your Church Struggling?
ORMOND BEACH – My church is struggling financially. It is a major denomination and the word is that most of the churches in that denomination are in the same boat. Further I’m told, other...
View ArticleEvangelism and Holy War: Levinas’s ‘Face’
In his God and Philosophy, Emmanuel Levinas writes of one`s responsibility for his neighbor and viewing the face of that person. In reference to Levinas`s ideas on these matters, I will define the...
View ArticlePrayer, Meditation, and Contemplation: Insight for the Contemporary College...
Mysticism is a wide spectrum, involving many different facets and outlets for the experiencing of the Ultimate. The most common and prevalent in Western culture are the practices of prayer,...
View ArticlePres. to Speak in Egypt About U.S.-Muslim Relations
JUNE 2, 2009 – The president plans on travelling to Cairo, Egypt to make a speech to the Muslim world about U.S.-Muslim relations. For the record, I don’t think this is a terrible idea. In fact, I...
View ArticleOpinion Blog: What Is Hope?
I’ve been reading Psalms 1-72 An Introduction and Commentaries by Rev. Derek Kidner. It is to me like a detailed treatise on the Psalms – both overview and verse by verse. This book is intended for...
View ArticleSecond Annual Interfaith Earth Day Celebration This Saturday
COMMUNITY EARTH DAY CELEBRATION This Saturday, April 24th, Temple Bet Yam will be hosting the Second Annual Interfaith Earth Day Celebration. The celebration is aimed at increasing interreligious...
View ArticleIs There A Puzzle to Be Solved Under Glastonbury Tor?
There is a place – a very special place – located in Glastonbury, a small town in Somerset, England. A place that comes up in many conversations, books and movies. This is not a surprise. After all,...
View ArticlePonce De Leon and The Founding of Florida: “This Other World”
To prepare for Florida’s 500th anniversary in 2013, Florida Living History, Inc. (www.floridalivinghistory.org), will offer its annual heritage Event – “This Other World”: Ponce de León and the...
View ArticleRaising Teenagers in a Broken World
A mother narrates how she obtained strength from her belief in the divine to meet the challenge of bringing up her teenage kids against the difficulties in her way. Even though you do your best to...
View ArticleNAVIDAD EN EL VIEJO SAN AGUSTÍN / CHRISTMAS IN OLD ST. AUGUSTINE on Saturday,...
On Saturday, December 15th, the second, annual Navidad en el Viejo San Agustín (Christmas in Old St. Augustine) heritage Event will take place in St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest, continually...
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