Author: Duane Arnold

Some Myths I’m Giving Up for Lent My family background is largely southern, coming from the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida.  While such a background brings many things in terms of personality, chief among the...

Hope I think we have faith, although diverse and divided in its expression.  Love, that is Christian self-giving love is evident, but most of us seem to love our own and not necessarily “the...

Postcard From Paris This week I am in Paris visiting some friends and taking care of some business matters. As I had the morning free, I took myself across the river to do some...

Christus Rex One of my favorite images in Christian iconography is that of a crucifix bearing the image of Christus Rex, that is Christ the King.  It is a striking image.  Whether the cross...

Who Said What? Test Your Theological Quotation IQ… Without the use of reference books or the internet, match the quotes to the theologians listed below by placing the proper letter in the blank after...

  A House, But Not a Home We are preparing to put my mother’s home on the market.  We’ve had the entire interior painted  in a nondescript  color that no buyer should find offensive. ...

The Light In Our Souls It often seems to me that we have largely forgotten the extravagance of God.  “Give and it will be given to you – good measure, pressed down, shaken together…...