Learning To Pray (Part 1) : Duane W. H. Arnold, PhD
Learning To Pray (Part 1) We expect it to be easy, but it isn’t easy. We expect it to be almost “automatic” but it isn’t. Too much has to go into what we are...
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Just War Theory: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD
Just War Theory We watch the shells fall on Ukraine, often in real time. Mass graves are prepared for civilian casualties and then filled with the innocent victims of the war. Hospitals are bombed. ...
Maundy Thursday: Duane W.H. Arnold
Maundy Thursday The meal was done. The observance of Passover was complete. The week had started with triumph. As Jesus had come into the city, people had greeted him, laying palms in his path. ...
The Wilderness of Lent: Duane W.H. Arnold
The Wilderness of Lent The idea of Lent is remarkable in that it is perhaps one of the best known portions of the Christian Year while, at the same time having its origins somewhat...
Finding Church: Duane W.H. Arnold PhD
Finding Church I’ve spent a good bit of my adult life studying and thinking about the early Church. While much of my work has focused on the fourth century of the Christian era, I’ve...
The New Pornography of Hate and Violence: Duane W.H. Arnold
The New Pornography of Hate and Violence It circulates across our television and computer screens every day. One mass shooting follows another. It no longer seems to matter if the victims are children or...
Books for a Political Season: Duane W.H. Arnold
Books for a Political Season In 2022, there are only two surviving witnesses to the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. on 4 April 1968. One is Andrew Young, former mayor of Atlanta, and...
Books for a Political Season: Duane W. H. Arnold
Books for a Political Season  The big lie… A failed insurrection… Paramilitary groups hold a torchlit march through a university town chanting “Jews will not replace us”… Politicians embrace a demagogic figure, whom they...
Books For a Political Season: Duane W.H. Arnold
Books For a Political Season Over the coming few weeks as we approach the midterm elections, I’m going to suggest a few books which might be relevant. Each of the books which I will...
Unpaid Bills : Duane W.H. Arnold
Unpaid Bills It is difficult to write these days. It sometimes seems hard to imagine why any additional verbiage would add anything of value to peoples lives. Whether we like to admit it or...
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