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The Messengers
(Note, This is the Inaugural Fulbright Lecture given at Brock University Oct. 2010) Almost two thousand years ago, the resurrected Christ appointed His disciples to become Apostles, that is, messengers. His commission to them—the Great Commission—as recorded in the Gospel … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Christianity, faith, Jesus, Missionaries, missions
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New England Missionaries and the American Indians
We have been broken up and moved six times. We have been despoiled of our property. We thought when we moved across Missouri River and had paid for our home in Kansas we were safe, but in a few years … Continue reading
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Tagged American Indians, bible, Christianity, faith, god, Jesus, new-england-missionaries
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Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus of Nazareth Who was Jesus? Jesus the son of Joseph and Mary was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judaea around four to six B. C., or according to the Roman dating system of the time, 747 … Continue reading
American Catholics
Understand the role, impact, and lasting legacy that Catholicism has had in North America from European contact to today. Beginning with North America’s contact with three imperialist powers (Spain, France, and England), this narrative account tells the story of how … Continue reading
Posted in American History, books, Christianity, God's Providence, Great Commission
Tagged Christianity, Franciscans, Jesuits, Missionaries, Roman Catholics
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The Christmas Miracle
For Christmas, this novella is a fictional account of one person’s search for God, for love, as he arrives at the final moment of his life. Calvin is a middle aged husband and father dying of cancer. He is spending … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, books, Christianity, Christmas, Fiction, Jesus, Miracles
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Anno Domini
Humans have latched onto dating systems and chronologies as the means by which we keep track of ourselves vis a vis others in time. We keep track of where we are in terms of our own passing, our own age, … Continue reading
The Jesus Road
In the early 1830s, physician, scientist, and neophyte missionary Jean Louis Berlandier watched as his friend, an unnamed Kickapoo Indian, lay dying. The Kickapoo gave off a fierce appearance in his dress, paint, and bearing; he was a skilled hunter; … Continue reading
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Tagged Bacone College, bible, Christianity, faith, god, Jesus, jesus-road
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Dorothy Day and The Catholic Worker
Dorothy Day was a lay missionary. She was not a member of a religious order (although she did become a Benedictine oblate), rather she was a convert to Catholicism who completely embraced the religion to guide her everyday existence according … Continue reading
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Tagged Biography, catholic, Christianity, faith, Great Commission, Love
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Fanny Allen (1784-1819): From Vermont to the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph
Fanny Allen’s commitment to the Great Commission was not flashy, the stuff of grand tales of perseverance, suffering, and martyrdom—more the everyday, the challenges to faith of family and friends, the renewed commitment time and again, the daily putting on … Continue reading
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Tagged catholic, Christianity, Great Commission, history, missionary, Religion, Vermont
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Ignatius of Loyola, Soldier for Christ
Ignatius of Loyola was a soldier for Navarre, Spain, who became a soldier for Christ. Recovering from battle wounds at his family’s castle in Loyola in the Basque region of Spain, he experienced conversion in which he renounced his former … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Christianity, faith, god, Great Commission, Jesuit, Jesus, missionary
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