May 09, 2012
The Offense of the Woonsocket Cross
Posted by Michael Howarth in Arts & Culture - Gospel Living | Comments (0)
Picture people walking around with little guillotines hung around their necks, or perhaps electric-chair earrings. What if this Mother’s Day, you decided to buy your mom a beautiful ruby-embellished set of tombstone earrings? Do you think she would like them? If you or I saw any of these things, we would find them very odd; instruments of death do not usually make for good fashion ware. When forged out of silver or gold, adorned with diamonds and other precious stones, it is easy to forget that the cross is very much at home among the worstRead More...
May 04, 2012
What is Truth?
Posted by Evan Whitman in Gospel Living | Comments (0)
What is truth? Pontius Pilate uttered to Christ. Truth. a statement that is generally believed to be true There is Truth in many things. That does not make that an absolute truth. There is some truth in all religions and belief systems. The sky is blue. Some days it appears to be blue, other days it does not. I doubt many would object to someone saying the sky is blue. We have truths that we adhere too. Are they absolute? Should they be? The truth that I believe may differ from the truth that you believe. Here is aRead More...
May 01, 2012
Why Are You Walking?
Posted by Michael Howarth in Gospel Living | Comments (0)
All of a sudden, walking in the woods and staring at trees is very appealing to me. I climbed a mountain with some friends recently. I have been on long walks before, even long walks in the woods, but this was clearly different. Both the ascent and descent were more difficult than I thought they would be. It turns out mountains are high and it takes a lot of upward and downward walking/scrambling/panting/twitching to hike them. Hiking a mountain is not like walking on the street; it requires you to focus intently on the steps aheadRead More...
Apr 13, 2012
Where the rubber meets the road
Posted by Evan Whitman in Gospel Living | Comments (0)
A few months ago I wrote a blog titled “Called to love and serve others despite of what they’ve done, or not…” you can see it here if you would like here The blog wasn’t a block buster (maybe it struck a nerve), it didn’t generate many comments and I’m not sure how many people read it. And that’s ok. I wrote it from the posture of confession and it was a blog that I needed to write to reorganize thoughts and priorities. If only one personRead More...
