Monthly Archives: January 2012

As I’ve been facilitating the violence prevention class with a group of women from the Vicente Guerrero Covenant Church, I’ve heard several sad stories of generations of violence among families.  In the course, we talk about the cycle of violence and how hard it is to break that cycle, that ultimately Christ alone is the … Continue reading »

I’ve really enjoyed reading Eugene Peterson’s “A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society” and meditating on the Psalms.  If you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend it.  Peterson looks at the old Hebrew Songbook, the Songs of Ascent in Psalms 120-134, which he describes as our best background for … Continue reading »