Mark's Views, Perhaps — from behind my eyeballs
I was helping move Aunt Rosana back home.
My cell phone buzzed over my heart. I hauled the phone out, flipped it open, and stared at the text message from our oldest daughter.
My cousin Jasper’s wife had died.
To get the import of that a little better, look at this: Read it all
I just Googled peace prize and gospel treyvon (among other searches), checking for recent (last 24 hours) news stories.
From what I could tell, no Nobel Peace Prize winner has stepped up to knock down the fires since my post yesterday, Calling Peace Prize Laureates. (Or before, for that matter.)
Nor could I see any evidence of the Gospel of Jesus Christ being offered as applicable to the race mess that continues to burble and gurgle. Read it all
Wishing a special fate on anti-Christian persecutors
According to Wikipedia, Homs has the second highest concentration of Christians in Syria.
Had.
According to several other sources, Christians have been driven from Homs. Read it all
Patriotism as a temptation is an interesting concept to me.
I’ve been poking at the outer edges of it as I slowly prepare for Sunday evening at our home congregation. That’s when and where I’m supposed to talk for some 35 minutes on “Avoiding the Temptation of Patriotism.”
I hope I can offer some helpful, challenging, encouraging perspectives. Read it all
That’s how it starts, anyway.
Just a bit.
And not very sturdy.
Nor long lasting.
Flimsy and short-lived, really. Read it all
#TodayIWill bless someone who deserves otherwise.
— Mark Roth (@anabaptist) March 8, 2012
OK. That was yesterday, so… Read it all
To the candidates for President of the United States, greetings.
I believe most (or is it all?) of you each declare yourself to be Christian. (My opinion of your profession is of no consequence for this post, if at all.)
On the basis of your own declaration, I appeal to you in the name of Christ, the Master: Read it all