In May of 2001 I attended a Muslim-Christian dialogue conference in Baghdad hosted by none other than Saddam Hussein. About 5000 delegates from all different kinds of religious backgrounds, from all over the world. Mandaeans (followers of John the Baptist)....
You might think such a question should be simple. Yes. No. But answers about God and his nature have never been able to fit on the bumper of a car. The Bible is full of of descriptive passages as to God’s character, often using anthropomorphisms to describe him. We...
It was the evening of November 12th. Sitting with my dear friend Samir at his home in Saudi Arabia, I got a text from our daughter Anna who lives in Beirut: Don’t worry. I’m ok. “Why would she say that,” I asked Samir. He turned on the TV and called his wife in...
I’m going to be honest, I’m disappointed. With myself. With God. Not sure if that’s “allowed” but I am… Have you ever been SURE something’s going to happen? Sure that God is opening a door? And sure that you’re smack in the middle of his will? Then wham! ...
