A War of Loves

Spiritual Friendship recently announced the publication of "A War of Loves" by David Bennett," the account of how a gay atheist teen came to Christ and chose celibacy as a young man. I want to say I enjoyed reading this book.  David's belief was formed in a non-liturgical and charismatic church.  Since the liturgy has …

The True Manna

Our Bible Study on Thursday night was over the "Bread of Life" passages of John 6.  I had never noticed before the parallels with the earlier passage in John about the Woman at the well.  These parallels should not be surprising as John, in both Revelation and the Gospel, has a complex and elegant structure. …

The “Confessing” Samaritan

A few weeks ago during a dark time I asked a Lutheran pastor for some Gospel as I needed some desperately.  He reminded me of the thankful Samaritan who was cured by Christ and that when Jesus called the man "a foreigner" he was not separating him from the Body of the Church but welcoming …