Book Review: The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory

"The Kingdom, The Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism" by journalist and Christian Tim Alberta was a very interesting read. I still believe that to really understand the problem with evangelicals in the United States, the book "The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind" by Dr. Mark Noll is a better … Continue reading Book Review: The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory →

You Arrived

In our series featuring the poetry of Pedro Rodríguez Miranda, my grandfather-in-law, today I’m presenting his tenth poem, "You Arrived.” LlegasteHe vagado por el mundo, miserableVíctima del amor, desesperado;He llorado en la cruz de la impacienciaLa vil traición del ser que había adorado.Pero llegaste tú, te había esperado,Diosa de la bonda y el amor dulce;Y … Continue reading You Arrived →

Book Review: The Wind Knows My Name

"He aquí mi secreto, que no puede ser más simple: sólo se puede ver bien con el corazón; lo esencial es invisible para los ojos.” (“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”) - … Continue reading Book Review: The Wind Knows My Name →

Balancing Assertiveness with Social Acceptance

Today, I received Susan Cain’s newsletter called The Kindred Letters, where she wrote about the disapproval of others. She started the newsletter with these three questions: Do you experience an acute sting when other people disapprove of you? Do you care deeply about (pardon the oncoming cliché) living authentically? Does it sometimes seem that these … Continue reading Balancing Assertiveness with Social Acceptance →