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Peter is an aspiring poet who lives north of San Francisco in Marin County. He is 62 years of age as of 2008, and has been a part-time journalist and writer for more than 30 years. He started out his paid career as a part of the San Francisco Chronicle's foreign service, writing feature news from Puerto Rico. Send Peter a message.

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Book Review: Work by Rowan Willliams, passionate and intelligent book on Christian inclination

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

Where does this book begin? I find so many entry points, for the writer, Archbishop Rowan Williams, allows the reader to join in at many places. I...
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Religion 101: Places to go during Advent and Christmas -- recommendations

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Introduction to Advent & Christmas events The Christmas season has an ethos of joy and celebration, an ethos of well-being in its statement of...
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Book Revew: 'Come Lord Jesus!' useful for meditation and reflection at Advent and Christmas

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

The writings and excerpts from the Bible seep into the reader after a time, inviting meditation and offering an education for Advent and Christmas....
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Book Review: Meditations of the heart for Good Friday and Holy Week (good Christmas gift)

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

I found "Echoes from Calvary" by way of an article in The San Francisco Chronicle a few years ago by a writer named Peter Steinfels under...
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Book Review: Useful book for people interested in reading, using prayer

Monday, November 16th, 2009

This is a book that I read, but more I use for prayer. I grant many of the prayers by the well known and should be known Anglicans in this book are...
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Noted Lutheran minister, poet, lyricist Herb Brokering passed away, an Obituary

The Reverend Doctor Herbert F. Brokering, pastor, author, lyricist, speaker and hymn writer of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), died...
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Interview: The Wandering Jew travels the world for stories, Ben Harris of Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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An American journalist named Ben Harris, who works for Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), is traveling the world in search of stories about Jews in...
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Book Review: Says much of Sacred Reading; good book that provides depth exploration

Having read a few books on Lectio Divina I looked at my book case where "Sacred Reading" by Michael Casey waited to be read and almost...
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Interview: LifeWay Southern Baptist teacher David Francis about Sunday school, the strong program

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This third in a series of three parts on Southern Baptists, the Sunday School Church, based on a conversation-interview via email with David Francis...
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Lutherans and Catholics commemorate spiritual ecumenical agreement, a religious hallmark in history

The concept of spiritual Ecumenicism believes that there is unity through the Holy Spirit between various Christian church denominations. Methodists,...
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