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She’s no “cut them a check” philanthropist

November 17, 2022 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

The Spirit of defiance of the social order continued amongst a number of wealthy, and often noble, women of the Middle Ages.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: saints, service

Martin of Tours

November 11, 2022 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

In 371, Martin was elected bishop of Tours. When an officer of the Imperial Guard arrived with a number of prisoners who were to be tortured and executed the next day, Martin intervened and secured their release.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: saints, War

It’s Going to Get Worse Before It Gets Worse

October 14, 2022 By Scott Robinson 2 Comments

I don’t know what to ask of God that will make all this better.

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Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: gun violence, hymns, Prayer

Being the Gospel Our Neighbors Read

October 4, 2022 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

“You may be all the Gospel your neighbor will ever read.” — Saint Francis of Assisi

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: evangelism, gospel, St. Francis

The Godless Creation

September 27, 2022 By Scott Robinson 2 Comments

I used to quote this passage to my students at the evangelical university where I taught for ten years. They always nodded in sage agreement, murmuring appreciatively—until I told them the verse wasn’t from the Bible. It’s an Islamic hadith, one of a large collection of wisdom sayings that complement and amplify the Qur’an.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Saints Tagged With: creation, godchild, St. Francis

Long Strange Trip

September 16, 2022 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

I do my best to take each day as it comes, doing whatever I can without assuming that however I feel on a given day is a durable condition.

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Filed Under: Health Tagged With: health, Psalms, woods

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