Revolution by George Barna

It is not too often that I come across a book that reshapes my understanding of reality.  This one has.  I stumbled on the book while doing research on the Western Church, and could not put it down. George Barna, the lead researcher for Barna surveys for many years, presents a new way of thinking

The Crowd

As I wander through the Louvre trying to digest the amazing masterpieces around me, I am offended by the preoccupation of the crowd with the Mona Lisa. The crowd is pressing in all around me to look at this one painting when there are so many, many, thousands of amazing works from artists across time

Easter and Ego

As I walked the half mile from my hotel room towards the Arc-De-Triumph this morning, I pondered the word, Ego. A Latin word for self, adapted by Freud, in his attempt to quantify the various inner drivers that motivate mankind to speak, feel, and act. The word is much older than Freud. Discussions about self,

Bible and Culture V – The Great Multitude

“Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And

Bible & Culture Part II – Eyes to See

Religious people of any persuasion are vulnerable to becoming blind to the movements of God in the world, especially when they become puffed up with pride and full of self-righteousness. Jesus was talking to a learned religious man when He spoke these words: “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,