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Henri Nouwen’s Biography
BOOK REVIEW BIOGRAPHY OF HENRI NOUWEN by Michael Ford The title of this absorbing new biography of Henri Nouwen is fitting. Nouwen was a prophet to millions of people who heard him speak and read his books, but he also was wounded in so many ways. His life was one of paradox and pain. Nouwen, […]
The Monks Of Tibhirine
Excerpts from The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love, And Terror in Algeria by John W. Kiser; St Martin’s Press Feb 2002. The Monks of Tibhirine is the story of Christians willing to die serving a Muslim flock during the political nightmare that unfolds in Algeria during the 1990s. The decapitation of seven French Trappists kidnapped […]
Dorothy L Sayers, Writer And Theologian (Part 2/2)
DOROTHY L SAYERS, WRITER AND THEOLOGIAN (17 DEC 1957) (Part 2/2) PLAYS: 1936 BUSMAN’S HONEYMOON (with Muriel St. Clare Byrne). This was the original form of the novel of the same name described above. It became a film starring Robert Montgomery and Constance Cummings. Co-writing it seems to have interested Miss Sayers in the challenge […]
Living For A Cause Greater Than Yourself
He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and He will reward him for what he has done. – (Proverbs 19:17) If you were God and you wanted to send one of your servants to help the less fortunate in the world, how would you train your servant for this task? Our […]
John Of The Cross, Friar, Reformer, Poet, Mystic (14 Dec 1591)
JOHN OF THE CROSS, FRIAR, REFORMER, POET, MYSTIC (14 DEC 1591) Juan de Ypres y Alvarez was born in 1542. His father died soon after, and Juan was brought up in an orphanage. (His father was probably Jewish. It is remarkable how many of the most memorable Spanish Christians have been of Jewish background.) At […]
Thomas Merton, Monk, Poet, Spiritual Writer (10 Dec 1968)
THOMAS MERTON, MONK, POET, SPIRITUAL WRITER (10 DEC 1968) Thomas Merton was born in 1915 in France, of American parents. His early education was in France (Lycee de Montauban 1927-8) and England (Oakham School, 1929-32; Clare College, Cambridge, 1933-4). He came to America and attended Columbia University, graduated in English in 1938, worked there one […]
Ambrose Of Milan, Bishop And Doctor (7 Dec 397)
AMBROSE OF MILAN, BISHOP AND DOCTOR (7 DEC 397) Ambrose was governor of Northern Italy, with capital at Milan. When the see of Milan fell vacant, it seemed likely that rioting would result, since the city was evenly divided between Arians and Athanasians. (EXPLANATORY NOTE: Athanasians affirm that the Logos or Word (John 1:1) is […]
John Of Damascus, Hymn-Writer, Defender Of Icons (4 Dec 750)
JOHN OF DAMASCUS, HYMN-WRITER, DEFENDER OF ICONS (4 DEC 750) John is generally accounted “the last of the Fathers”. He was the son of a Christian official at the court of the moslem khalif Abdul Malek, and succeeded to his father’s office. In his time there was a dispute among Christians between the Iconoclasts (image-breakers) […]
Francis Xavier (3 Dec 1552) And Other Missionaries To Asia
FRANCIS XAVIER, MISSIONARY (3 DEC 1552) CHANNING MOORE WILLIAMS, MISSIONARY TO ASIA (2 DEC 1910) ROBERT MORRISON, KARL GUETZLAFF, JAMES HUDSON TAYLOR Francis Xavier, or Francisco do Yasu y Javier, was a Basque. (The Basques are a people from the region of Biscay in northern Spain, whose language is unrelated to any other known language.) […]
Charles De Foucauld, Hermit, Servant Of The Poor (1 Dec 1916)
CHARLES DE FOUCAULD, HERMIT, SERVANT OF THE POOR (1 DEC 1916) Charles Eugene, viscount of Foucauld, was born in 1858. He served as a French Army officer in Algieria beginning in 1881, and prepared a mapping of oases in Morocco in 1883. In 1886 he underwent a religious conversion, and in 1890 he joined a […]
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