Apr 18 2022
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Webinar Recording: Holding Joy & Suffering Well

Here’s a webinar I conducted for William Carey International University. The article below this webinar, by friend Kristin Jack, is also fabulous. The Unclaimed Promise – Servants to Asia’s Urban Poor (servantsasia.org)

Mar 23 2022
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Francis and the Fifth Crusade

As the Russian Orthodox Patriarch blessed Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, I could not help but think of the Crusades (which, by the way, were not just directed at Muslims, but also toward Orthodox Christians). As a young man, St. Francis attempted to join the fourth crusade but turned back due to a recurring malarial fever.…

Mar 16 2022
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Poverty and Abundance

Lessons from Francis of Assisi For his whole life possessions had possessed Francis, especially clothing and fashion. His addiction to finery was like a prison, even more confining than the dungeon where he had languished for a year after a battle with nearby Perugia. His father had taken him to court for selling the family…

Feb 14 2022
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Revival and Empire

Revival will always be marked by the Church coming out of Empire. Let me repeat that: Revival will ALWAYS be marked by the Church coming out of Empire; because the heart of revival is the increase of Christ’s government and his shalom (in the words of Isaiah) and the heart of Empire is about the…