by Bob | Apr 1, 2007 | Racial Reconciliation, Slavery
Reconciliation Triangle*On 9th December 1999, as its final act of the Millennium, Liverpool City Council unanimously passed a motion apologizing for the city’s role in the Slave Trade, linked to a commitment to policies that would end racism and work to create a...
by Bob | Mar 28, 2007 | Beyond the Suffering, Death and Dying, Hope, Richard Baxter
Under the Power of Melting GriefAt times stringing together the words “grieving” and “ministry” can be oxymoronic. My mind recalls one pastor who lost his wife while she was giving birth to their second child. Because of congregational and peer pressure to “keep it...
by Bob | Mar 20, 2007 | Church Mothers
Mothers of the Church Fathers, Part 4What have we learned and what can we learn from the mothers of the church fathers? We learn to listen to the silenced voices.Listening to the Silenced VoicesWhen we listen to the silenced voices of the forgotten Church Mothers we...
by Bob | Mar 16, 2007 | Church Mothers
Mothers of the Church Fathers, Part 3When discussing the great Church Fathers, names like the three Cappadocian Fathers (Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus) come to mind, as do John Chrysostom, and Augustine. However, in most cases, we truly...
by Bob | Mar 15, 2007 | Church Mothers
Mothers of the Church Fathers, Part 2When discussing the great Church Fathers, names like the three Cappadocian Fathers (Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus) come to mind, as do John Chrysostom, and Augustine. However, in most cases, we truly...