Monthly Archives: September 2005

Society: Will the Real Tyrant Please Stand Up?

…Our observation of the Sabbath is a special time of recognizing that, ideally, as members of the Christian community we are part of an alternative society, standing in contrast to the values of the world and able to offer to … Continue reading

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Community: Is Sabbath Kingdom Practice?

In the Table of Inwardness, Calvin Miller stresses the intimacy with God cannot be rushed, that we cannot enjoy the presence of God if we are always looking at our watches. That is why keeping the Sabbath is so important—because … Continue reading

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Community: Hanging with the MAWGs

I…spoke to two thousand high school students who were holding a mock political convention and said that unless their generation helps create a “new politics” in this country, all our future political conventions were destined to be “mock” ones. The … Continue reading

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Spirituality: A Meeting with Father

Sometimes in prayer I get the feeling that I have had a meeting with my Father. I pray and ponder; speak and go silent without realizing that the world around me has retreated and I am in this place of … Continue reading

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Community: Free Market Church?

“A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it [...] gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack … Continue reading

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