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If It Is Not Done With Love, It Is Not Done For Go..A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesGod is love, so love must be God. To say that God is love, but that love is not necessarily God, would make God smaller than love -- there would be a .. |
A Non-Systematic TheologyA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesIn the spring of 1997, my three year Master of Divinity degree was coming to a close. One of the requirements for graduation was to draft a “Sta.. |
A strange encounterA Story by Haim KadmanA short except of my book "An irretrievable step". |
A Constitutional Amendment Forgiving Debt and Bann..A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThe Bible says not to charge interest on loans a lot more than it says anything that remotely sounds like banning homosexual behavior. It bans the col.. |
Has Pope Francis Endorsed Homosexuals?A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesI know everyone is excited thinking that the Bishop of Rome just endorsed Homosexuals, but his stance is still the stance that the Roman Catholic Chur.. |
Parable Of The CarA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThe world is like a car designed by an engineer and given to his children.The Children decided that they knew better than their engineer father and tr.. |
The Kingdom Of God Is The Kingdom Of LoveA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThe idea I often hear from Christians is that when we enter the Kingdom of God or heaven or whatever we want to call it, we suddenly become perfect. I.. |
One Man's Jedi Is Another Man's SithA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThe Jedi claim to fight for peace and justice; yet they employ violence to uphold their peace; they enforce their justice with a sword. They claim to .. |
Who Are The Practical Saints?A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThere seems to be a curious trend among Christians " all Christians, Catholic and Protestant " regarding sainthood. Catholic.. |
A Requiem for the IslandsA Poem by Ken Simm.For Iain who sailed there. |
Christians and Atheists Share The Same Faith -- In..A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesI'm reading through comment online and I finally figured out what is bugging me.I cannot tell Christians and Atheists apart!Christians celebrate how h.. |
Second ComingA Poem by PoeticFury.. sooner rather than later |
Chapter 11A Chapter by The Creative DisasterChapter XI Patrick woke up, clutching the hay mattress with one hand and gripping his arm with the other, his nails digging deep into it, just li.. |
THE STORY OF MEA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThis is the story of me. It is a lot like the story of you. There may be some differences in detail. We may be of the opposite sex, or of diffe.. |
Dying With DignityA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesMy doctoral work was in Practical Theology, which is using social sciences such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, etc., and theology to in.. |
The Gifts of GodA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesWhen we celebrate the Eucharist, we ask in the Eucharistic prayer for the Holy Spirit to come upon “these gifts.” Often I have, in my.. |
Seek First The Kingdom Of God And Receive A Life O..A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesIsaiah 55:6 says: “Seek the LORD…” A rabbi once said that the Hebrew word for “seek” used here is “research.&rdqu.. |
More Than ConquerorsA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesI told God and anyone else who was listening Sunday morning that when I took the bread and wine, it was a sign of me accepting and receiving the.. |
MY APOSTOLIC POVERTY (How It Taught Me About Prosp..A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThe Lord talks sometimes talks to me while I am mowing the lawn. It is actually a good time to talk with God because the activity is monotonous and d.. |
Faith -- The First Step In A Life Of AbundanceA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesAbundance is the product of Faith, Gratitude, and Generosity. This is the lesson I learned during my time practicing a limited version of Apostolic P.. |