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Just watched the trailer for Mel Gibson’s Movie “Passion” with Kelvin at A Fan Website for Icon Production’s “PASSION” My newly baptized Christian Kelvin said, “hoah! it’s so real”. I felt … I had nothing to say. Just a sense of awe. A comment by Michael Novak says “Gibson’s achievement springs not solely, not even…

More from Kraus … A Theological Basis for Intervention Ministries First, then, let me explain what I mean by “catalytic.” In chemistry, of which I know very little, a catalytic agent is one that induces change without compounding with and changing the molecular structure of its host elements. “Catalysis,” however, is a process of modification,…

Read this article by C. Norman Kraus Here’s some stuff that caught my attention and needs further digestion:

this image is from Dan Kimball’s The Emerging Church .. got me thinking as the renovations “knocks off” officially & literally today at the Father’s House! View image

Hmmmm …. I can’t wait for the third installment for Lord of the Rings. I think the Trilogy either in movie form (Jackson’s interpretation) or original (book form) provides loads of pictures-analogies-metaphors for life, Apprenticeship with Christ and the whole 21-C ministry we’re involved in as Ambassadors for God’s kingdom. How interesting it would be…

~ Rembrant(b. July 15, 1606, Leiden, Neth.–d. Oct. 4, 1669, Amsterdam),

I asked God for strength that I might achieve, I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey. I asked for health that I might do greater things, I was given infirmity that I might do better things. I asked for riches that I might be happy, I was given poverty that I…

Here’s a segment from Scazzero’s book “The Emotionally Healthy Church” that energized me and encouraged me as I’m preparing for another phase in my discipleship and ministry. It’s very humbling … ___________________________________________________ We constantly remind people that the only kind of people God uses are those who do not depend on their own gifts or…

I was intrigued by some “insightful” sharing on how The book of Proverbs has impacted some BLC members life lately. I used to have this slogan when I read one chapter a day during my teenage Christian journey, “A Proverb a day, keeps the devil away” (ok .. I know that’s stretching it I was…

Sometimes one needs to get off the map to put something like “Evangelism” back on the map of daily life … the following website and media center has been a great help to me, especially the interviews and talks plus the Ordinary Attempt Guide and the concept of Simple Spirituality. Off The Map Media Center…