Nancy Petrey: Christmas in Israel
(From our author, Nancy Petrey.)
(From our author, Nancy Petrey.)
by Doris Murdoch This is my fourth post on my Holy Land tour. I’m trying to allow God to lead me to the content of each post. At this point, I’m not sure why I feel led to this post. The use of traditional guardians in the Holy City of Jerusalem has left my…
Bob Cornwall, author of Unfettered Spirit: Spiritual Gifts for the New Great Awakening, has published an extract on ordination (The Biblical Call to Ordained Ministry). I think this would be a good launching pad for a discussion of the nature of ordination and what this means about church polity, if anything. Read Bob’s post first,…
by Kent Ira Groff A woman on silent retreat was praying when she and I heard a construction worker say, “Holy shit!” Later she and I queried: Can this pop phrase mask our human yearning for life’s “waste” to morph into wholeness—even holiness? Maybe some folks are “praying” without knowing it—that life’s lowest places might…
With his right hand on a low overhead limb Onofrio bowed to pray in his own style. The God he praised was a close friend and the need for a formal address was cast aside. Onofrio knew the power of resurrection in his own young life. His father, valiant warrior and protector of his domain…
by Iris Subel Davis Hello Reader: Prayers for you as you read today; may the Lord have brought you here for a special reason in your life. Last month, we talked about negative experiences. This month’s entry will continue to discuss those in terms of what they can produce in our lives. I found the…
by William Powell Tuck www.friarsfragment.com One of the most powerful movements sweeping across the Christian world is the quest for Church unity. Since the Second Vatican Council and the establishment of the World Council of Churches, many Christian bodies have labored diligently to see if the broken body of Christ, the Church, could be united. Many…
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Thank you, Henry, for sharing this on EDN. This is new information for most anyone about Israel! I love my friend there who faithfully reports her observations from a Messianic Jew’s viewpoint as she goes about her daily life in Jerusalem. She is an excellent writer.