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I’ve been thinking lately of the book “Are You My Mother?” by P. D. Eastman. Those of you with kids in your life are almost certainly familiar with it. For those of you who aren’t, it’s a children’s book about a baby bird who hatches at the very moment its mother has flown off in search of food. The hatchling heads out into the world in search of its mother, …
Last week I had the opportunity to sit down and converse with two Elders from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, aka Mormons. These two young men are participating in a 2-year period of intense mission work, which is a common practice among young LDS members.
What emerged quickly in our conversation was the differing grounds for our faiths. Knowing that the LDS has been experiencing …
I want to draw attention to a story about Jesus in which he describes himself as a mother hen. The story comes from Luke’s Gospel, chapter 13, verses 31-35 and goes like this:
At that time some Pharisees said to [Jesus], “Get away from here if you want to live! Herod Antipas wants to kill you!” Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox that I will keep on casting out demons
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Tomorrow is Easter and billions of people all over the world will celebrate their belief that Jesus of Nazareth died, but then came back to life. These people live on every continent, speak many different languages, hold many different convictions about Jesus, and are part of many different cultures.
How did this come to be? How did a Palestinian Jewish peasant from an obscure village in the backcountry of the …
“Dad, why does it rain?”
“Because the water up in the clouds is falling down.”
“Why is there water in the clouds?”
“Because it evaporates and goes up there.”
“Why does it fall back down?”
“Uhm… because gravity makes it fall down.”
“Why does gravity make it fall down?”
“Because the earth is really big, so everything that goes up, gets pulled back down.”
“Why is the earth really big?”…
