Apprentice 2 Jesus

World

  • The conflicts we DON’T pay attention to

    This is from The Dispatch: But with international focus trained on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, comparatively little attention has been paid to what has become the largest displacement and food crisis in the world. Neglect of the conflict has driven international media to continually label Sudan the “forgotten” crisis. Read more

  • A prayer for the peace of the world

    I am long over my pre-tribulation rapture days and looking at “signs” in the Middle East and making wild predictions of the end of the world. Where I find myself these past many years is longing for peace. A longing to “study war no more.” There is a longing when I pray, “Your Kingdom come,… Read more

  • It’s a complicated world

    Israel having all out war with Hamas is complicated. It’s a complicated place and I have settled into allowing gray areas just be foggy and trying to work out how I should pray and act. This is complication with which I work: Pro IsraeliPro PalestinianPro Peace All of that because I am pro people. In… Read more

  • Religious power

    I have thought for years the issue with Putin has been to reconstruct the old Soviet Union. Okay… I haven’t thought MUCH about it. It’s just where I land given Putin’s violent history and aggression. David French gives another take. It is about religious power. Read more

  • Am I so deaf?

    When will my heart be stirred enough? Read more

  • How long, O Lord?

    9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10 They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge… Read more

  • No thanks, I would rather yell

    Yelling is cathartic. Yelling makes me sound serious. Yelling helps me insult someone I’ve really wanted to insult all along but now I have a good excuse. Read more

  • Too much noise

    ALL things worthy of attention, but we are not giving them attention. We are just yelling. Read more

  • The title no one wants in today’s world

    In a world of chaos, no one seems interested in sowing PEACE right now. Read more

  • Paris, Beirut, Cancer, and the Word of God

    We need the presence of the LIVING Word calling us out to gain perspective. Read more