Oct 31, 2016 | Staff Blog
I grew up in the Arkansas Delta, in St. Francis county, just outside of Forrest City. Of course, St. Francis County is thought to be named after the great 13th century saint- St. Francis of Assisi- who sought to embody the way of Christ in every aspect of life. He...
Jun 13, 2016 | Staff Blog
“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.” ― Voltaire “Ask me no questions, and I’ll tell you no fibs.” ― Oliver Goldsmith I have a question for you. Do you like questions? I question how much I like questions. Sure, for someone like me who...
May 17, 2016 | Staff Blog
This past Sunday, 2BCLR joined Christians all over the world in thinking about the first Pentecost, when a fledgling group of Jesus’ disciples received a wild wind from heaven and tongues of fire. Since it was a major holiday, faithful Jews from all over the world had...
Feb 15, 2016 | Staff Blog
Some days I am not sure if my faith is riddled with doubt or whether, graciously, my doubt is riddled with faith. And yet I continue to live in a world the way a religious person lives in the world; I keep living in a world that I know to be enchanted, and not left...
Jan 25, 2016 | Staff Blog
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike.” – John Muir, The Yosemite, 1912. Ishmael was born there. Moses fled there. God sustained the...
