To Hear the Falconer: Song and Prophecy for the Time of War, Want, and Warming is a contemporary religious reflection on the state of our world. It is intended as a foundation document for the emerging church: a spiritual community containing both conventional and unconventional believers-and many nonbelievers as well. The author is convinced that the Judeo-Christian tradition offers critical tools to address war and sectarianism, global warming, and environmental degradation. But they have been lost to many, and now through this book they are being recovered. With W.B. Yeats in his "The...
To Hear the Falconer: Song and Prophecy for the Time of War, Want, and Warming is a contemporary religious reflection on the state of our world. It is...
"I have something I need to say before you go. You are the worst officer(minister) this corps(church) has ever had." Those harsh words of indictment, spoken in judgment at the end of Howard Webber's first Salvation Army pastorate, set the tone for his compelling lessons in practical Christian discipleship woven throughout the pages of 'No Longer I?' As Dr. Sven Ljungholm notes, Webber's words are "a gripping tale of a disciple's life, the short term personal expectations and demands, sometimes joyfully fulfilled but mixed with unexpected and unnecessary woe." 'Lovers of social histories such...
"I have something I need to say before you go. You are the worst officer(minister) this corps(church) has ever had." Those harsh words of indictment, ...