All throughout America, people of faith are looking with alarm as the poor fare worse, and Congress sets its sites on the few remaining programs left to help them. This is not only cruel, ill advised and short sighted (creating taxpayers is smarter than incarcerating the hopeless), it goes against biblical teachings. One of our Read more
March 25, 2011 in Compassion: for Self and Stranger, Social Justice by lms
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“Second Saturday Soul Soup Singalongs” – the song ‘Such a Crime’ offered in the tradition of call and response, in hopes for a grass roots movement fostering compassion towards the last and least. Song and easy guitar chords.
December 17, 2009 in Compassion: for Self and Stranger, Social Justice by lms
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Three well known vows of commitment in the church, also known as the three evangelical counsels or three counsels of perfection, are: chastity, poverty, and obedience. This arose from Jesus’ advice to the rich person who was already following the commandments, which was enough to get into heaven. Jesus said: if you wish to be “perfect” (τελειος) sell Read more
December 16, 2009 in Featured Articles by lms
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