The premise for this blog is simple – to give Christian background folks some basic language to dialog with Muslims on the most obvious (sensitive) issues. Sometimes in our attempt to be thorough, we say too much and confuse ourselves and our listeners –...
A Reframing of Justice Oh where to begin… I suppose I should introduce myself. My name is Zachary Eastburn, and I hail from Wisconsin, home of the best football, motorcycles, and brats (sorry Germany, I ate one of yours during my ten hour layover in Frankfurt—they...
It’s a hot topic. I get asked several times a week what “we” should do about our brothers and sisters in the Muslim world who are being persecuted. Before we go further, stop and take three minutes to read this article about Christians in Syria being persecuted. It’s...
i was with my friend Tony Hall twice a couple weeks ago. Once for a day here in Colorado and then for two days in Washington DC, where he lives. He was a Congressman for about 24 years from Ohio and then a specially appointed U.S. Ambassador for several more…....
Yesterday I posted my fifth installment (of what might be 100, I don’t know), called “Differences between Jesus and Me.” (or…is that “I”)? In my new “plan to become more like Jesus” I thought I’d start with the...