Behind my desk there sits a clock, crafted by Terry King, a man who has become my friend and who has lived in Unit 2A on Death Row in Tennessee for 34 years. Right before Christmas, two years ago, it arrived unexpected, a gift. The first time I met Terry, it was because of a

CLICK HERE to read the CWRm Christmas issue In this issue: “The King Who Became a Man” by Greg Albrecht (1-5) “The Great Scandal: That God Became Man” by Brad Jersak (5-7) “God With Us” by Eden Jersak (8-11, 14) Sidebar: “The Mennonites: People, Faith and Culture” (8) “Great News of Great Joy” by Laura Urista

A Walk through Paul’s Letter to the Romans (I wrote this on my journey to work this morning. It began with an effort to make sense of a difficult passage in the first chapter. It ended with something like a targum or paraphrase of the entire letter.) There is no special identity that can save

The Meeting Place is a meditative exercise in the traditions of the Psalmist and Ignatian spirituality. I learned it through the writings of the Spanish mystics, St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross. We began practicing it in the context of inner healing ministry in the 1990s with dramatic effects, especially in the