Voices
John W. Martens is a professor of theology and director of the Centre for Christian Engagement at St. Mark’s College at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
The Good Word
This is the seventh entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles The first entry covered some of the major critical technical and background issues that will concern us as we read through and comment on the Acts The second post found here considered the prologue to t
The Word
The truth of the supposedly clich d phrase ldquo every child is a miracle rdquo hits home for most people when a child is born to them or an adopted child is welcomed into the family The instantaneous recognition of the child never before seen is a spiritual experience made tactile as a mother t
The Word
A summer ago my family set off on a cross-country car trip from Minnesota to Vancouver B C in part to pick up a wooden bench that my great-grandfather had made when my family immigrated to Canada It was the first thing he built when he arrived As an old man he was too old to work in the fields
The Good Word
This is the sixth entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles The first entrycovered some of the major critical technical and background issues that will concern us as we read through and comment on the Acts The second post found here considered the prologue to the
The Word
The fulfillment of hope especially divine hope fundamental hope does not rest on intricately calculated human plans in which we chart the future according to algorithms that never vary and on the basis of mathematical certainty await the fulfillment of our calculations Perhaps this works for 40
The Word
Christians read the Old Testament today understandably in light of Christ rsquo s fulfillment of the promises and prophecies found there It is a simple thing to do since the early church read the Old Testament in the context of Jesus rsquo incarnation and teaching and the experience of Easter a
The Word
A reflection by John W. Martens for the Second Sunday in Advent
The Good Word
This is the fifth entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles The first entrycovered some of the major critical technical and background issues that will concern us as we read through and comment on the Acts The second post found here considered the prologue to the
The Word
Pope Francis said on World Environment Day June 5 2013 ldquo We are losing the attitude of wonder contemplation listening to creation nbsp The implications of living in a horizontal manner is that we have moved away from God we no longer read His signs rdquo He was referring to the phys
The Good Word
This is the fourth entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles The first entrycovered some of the major critical technical and background issues that will concern us as we read through and comment on the Acts The second post found here considered the prologue to the