Apostles’ Creed Jesus has been a confusing figure from the very beginning. Mary told Joseph she was pregnant and Joseph assumed what any other man would assume. As hard as it was to believe of her, she had betrayed him by having sexual intercourse with another man. It took the appearance of an angel to [...]
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Apostles’ Creed The Amish are a religious sect related to the Mennonites who began to immigrate to the US in the 18th century and settled into farming communities. Today, in the US, there are about 250,000 Amish living in communities that resist the technological developments of the outside world and continue to farm with horses [...]
The Apostles’ Creed I just returned from the US on Wednesday afternoon – at least the shadow of my body returned, my mind and body were still drifting somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean. Traveling can be very disorienting. In my three weeks in the US I slept an average of 2.3 nights per bed. I [...]
Various texts Last week I talked about fasting, an appropriate topic since we are in the midst of the month of Ramadan. I asked if Ramadan should be called a month of fasting since many people gain weight during this lunar month because of all the food that is eaten at night. Would it be [...]
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various I have been enjoying watching a TV show from the US titled Monk. It is about an obsessive-compulsive detective who brilliantly solves crimes. At the end of one show when the captain of the police thinks his wife is having an affair, he is comforted by a colleague saying, “There’s an old saying: ‘When [...]
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