Mary Magdalene finds herself after rough times
What would have happened to Mary Magdalene after she met Jesus? What would have happened to her self-respect, her confidence in her intuition, and her soul?
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Let’s be Jesus’ sibs
A Woman Jesus Can Teach by Alice Mathews introduces us to moving stories of Jesus interacting, e.g., with Jesus. Here’s an intro to her story of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
From “Judge not” to the golden rule
If I am not to be judgmental, how to I take the log our of my own eye? There is a marvelous flow of teaching in Jesus’ sermon on the mount in Matthew 7:1-12.
A difficult rebirth for Jesus’ gospel
The modern phase of the gospel movement is having a difficult re-birth. Adolph Harnack broke through to discover Jesus’ original gospel of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. But both sides of his dual concept suffered influential attacks. Our work is cut out for us.
How shall we prepare to lay down our lives like Jesus?
When Jesus told us to love one another as he had loved us, this included willingness to lay down our lives for our (actual and potential) friends. How shall we prepare ourselves to do so?
What does it mean that Jesus is the good shepherd?
To understand Jesus is the good shepherd unlocks his interpretation of his death on the cross. Here’s Biblical background and down-to-earth detail about shepherds and sheep.
Peacemaking in the gender debate
Peacemaking in the gender debate takes a philosophical distinction between (1) our spiritual equality as infinitely loved, profoundly respected children of God and (2) ongoing scientific and ethical inquiries regarding how to respond to children and teens, for example, who say “I’m in the wrong body.”
The historical Jesus according to Crossan
The great hope of our world is for a new revelation of Jesus. If we want to help in a way that is wise and attuned to the present state of our evolution, we might want to learn some of the influential research on the topic. Here’s an introduction to one important book.
Anxiety dissolved and recycled
A quickened video tells of facing anxiety and getting a sudden illumination, plus a method for dealing with anxiety when such a dramatic intervention does not occur.