Wedding At Cana
In the past Jesus’ first miracle at the wedding in Cana has puzzled me and I have blogged about it here before. Earlier this week I was re-reading sections of Michael Frost’s excellent book Exiles and was reminded that Frost asked some of the same questions about this event. He also goes on to make…
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ALAN SANDAGE, 1926- (Cosmologist who studied the expansion of the universe.)I find it quite improbable that such order came out of chaos. There has to be some organizing principle. God, to me, is the explanation of the miracle of existence, why there is something instead of nothing.—J. N. Willford, “Sizing up the Cosmos: An Astronomer’s…
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“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” J. R. R. Tolkien, English novelist.
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Shamon Haretz: Merciful God, we commit our friends – Ben Zion and Krensky – to You. We have no more prayers, no more tears; we have run out of blood. Choose another people. We have paid for each of Your commandments; we have covered every stone and field with ashes. Sanctify another land. Choose another…
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The Rule of Benedict has this to say about prayer. When we wish to suggest our wants to persons of high station, we do not presume to do so except with humility and reverence. How much the more, then, are complete humility and pure devotion necessary in supplication of the Lord who is God of…
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