You see someone looking in the mirror. Looking. Looking. What is he thinking? Better still, what are you thinking? Too much attention to his reflection — easy to suppose he likes what he sees. We mock the self-absorption of mythical Narcissus, falling in love with his reflection in a pond. But we also fear what […]
And the winner is …
And the winner is … Dale Ambler! I’ll be mailing Dale his copy of Kneeling with Giants soon. Many thanks to all of you who subscribed to the blog. I hope you’ll click on my “Guest Book” tab sometime and leave a note — many of you I do not know, so it would be […]
Twenty Five!
We have 25 new subscribers! Thanks folks! More news Monday… Gary
Book Giveaway
I’m giving away a copy of my book, Kneeling with Giants: Learning to Pray with History’s Best Teachers (InterVarsity, 2012) to a randomly selected new subscriber to my blog! It will go to one of the first 25 subscribing, with the count starting from Wednesday’s post where I first announced it. As of Saturday evening 22 […]
Spiritual Discernment: Meet St. Ignatius of Loyola
Number one on my list of Tough Guys for Jesus: St. Ignatius of Loyola (c. 1491-1556). His leg was smashed by a cannon ball when he was a soldier. He endured surgery to set the bones — long before the day of anesthetics. Here’s where the tough guy points rack up: The bone didn’t set […]
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