Daryl Densford
Originally posted on Juicy Ecumenism – The Institute on Religion & Democracy's Blog:
Photo: David Y. Lee for The New York Times John Yates, rector of the Falls Church (Anglican) in Falls Church, Virginia shared some thoughts on the election in his parish weekly bulletin this past Sunday: If you want to be in…
What about the third-party candidates?
I’ve heard a lot of talk, especially today-being election day, about having to vote “for the lesser of two evils” or determining to be heard by voting for a third-party candidate. For one thing, I don’t think that labeling anyone as an “evil” is appropriate talk for Christians, but I understand what they are saying […]
The Mission of God for the People of God (A Sermon on Luke 4:14-21)
(This is a message I preached at Lebanon, Missouri Church of the Nazarene on October 21, 2012. A small portion of this message previously appeared in this blog as “What is Good News to the Poor,” though this is now the complete message. I have tweaked it a bit for better reading and added a […]
Reflections on “Ambassadors of Hope: How Christians Can Respond to the World’s Toughest Problems”
I first met Dr. Robert A. Seiple when he spoke to Army chaplains attending the Chaplain Captain’s Career Course at the U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. His experience and message in his book is much broader than that audience, though. His book, Ambassadors of Hope, needs to be read by […]
Travelogue: Martin Luther “Pilgrimage”
In recognition of Reformation Day, I thought that it would be good to share a little from my Martin Luther “pilgrimage” I took with my two sons while we were in Germany. This was a great experience for me (hopefully for my sons, too!). Not just because of the content of the trip but because […]
The Day A Prayer Saved My Son’s Life
Little did I know how close my son would come to dying that day. I often wonder what my older children that have moved out are up to. Like any parent, I worry about what messes they may get themselves into and how their lack of life experiences could allow pain to come into their […]
The Night a Prayer Saved My Life
I remain amazed at how many things went through my mind while the two handguns were pointing at my head. One of those things was, “why didn’t I just keep the car?” My wife and I moved to Colorado Springs in 1992 to attend Nazarene Bible College. We felt that God had called us to […]
What is “good news” to the poor?
Not too long into His public ministry, Jesus returned to His home town of Nazareth. Being the Sabbath day, he went to the Synagogue as any good Jew of His day would do. Perhaps because he was there as a guest or maybe because word had spread all over Galilee about what He was preaching […]
Originally posted on Here I Sit:
FT. JACKSON, SC (3 Sep 10) – Recently, the Chaplain Corps lost one of its finest chaplains, Chaplain (CPT) Dale Goetz, in Afghanistan. We received the news here at the Chaplain School while attending the Chaplain Captain’s Career Course. Since many of us knew Dale, and the rest of…
Abortion: Is it the worse sin?
Abortion is sin. There is no doubt about it. Just a few days after conception, the baby’s heart is pumping blood through its body. You can see fingers and toes forming, you can hear the heart beat. Yet, these babies are considered just a “mass of flesh” by the abortionists. “Scripture seems to teach that […]
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