Challenging Settled Assumptions
Esther Duflo is an award-winning economist at MIT who works in the field of development economics. This is the branch of the dismal science which seeks to lift poor people out of poverty by throwing money at them by one means or another. The extremes of development economics are, perhaps at one end of the […]
Make Your Confession
Make Your Confession May/Discipline 24 May 2010 Brigit said to Brendan: “Make thy confession.” “I declare,” said he, “that I never crossed seven furrows without turning my mind to God. Make thy confession,” said Brendan. “I confess,” said Brigit, “that since I first fixed my mind on God, I have never taken it off, and […]
Make Your Confession
Make Your Confession May/Discipline 24 May 2010 Brigit said to Brendan: “Make thy confession.” “I declare,” said he, “that I never crossed seven furrows without turning my mind to God. Make thy confession,” said Brendan. “I confess,” said Brigit, “that since I first fixed my mind on God, I have never taken it off, and […]
Power for Joy
Power for Joy The Character of the Kingdom (4) For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Romans 14.17 A new character in the world The Kingdom of God brings an entirely new “national character” to the world. […]
Psalm 148:11-14 Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth!
Psalm 148:11-14 Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth! Young men and maidens together, old men and children! Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above earth and heaven. He has raised up a horn for his people, […]
The Seventh Commandment
7.3 Do not commit other unlawful relations
Do not allow those practices that cheapen sexuality and threaten the integrity and lawful purposes of sexual activity.
