SUDDENLY, AS IF SOMEONE BLEW A WHISTLE, SAID THE MINISTER OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, THE STREETS OF ROME WERE FILLED WITH PEOPLE EACH EVENING FANNING OUT TO FEED THE POOR. No, the Scotsman was not describing the work of his…
FROM OUR POSITION IN THE VIP SECTION WE COULD LOOK OUT OVER THE THOUSANDS THRONGING ST PETER'S SQUARE EAGERLY AWAITING THE POPE-MOBILE'S ARRIVAL. Flags from various nations waved in the hot morning air, including many red-and-white Polish banners. A jazz…
LIFE CAN RESUME AGAIN. THE WORLD CUP IS OVER AND HOPEFULLY THE WEEKLY WORD MAILING HAS BEEN RESTORED TO NORMAL. But before I continue my musings on my 'pilgrimage to Rome', let me tell you about a dramatic apology by…
WE LIVE IN AMAZING TIMES. IN A THOUSAND YEARS, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN SUCH OPENNESS BETWEEN THE MAIN STREAMS OF CHRISTENDOM. The western churches, bitterly divided for almost half that millennium, have never been so conciliatory as today. Evangelical historian…
JUMP IN THE CAR AND HEAD FOR GERMANY! That's the message I heard this morning from Sokol Hoxha, base leader at Schloss Hurlach in Bavaria. I was writing this Weekly Word on a totally different subject when a Skype call…
