Memories of Morocco, Belgium and Hungary

Posted on August 10, 2013 by fjmuniz

moroccoMorocco is one of the most exciting places I have visited.
It’s exotic. It’s different. It’s unique.
It’s definitely a place where you can see how different our world is, especially for anyone coming from the Western point of view.…

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Rumors of a Another World, Beyond the Sling, Catching Fire

Posted on August 10, 2013 by fjmuniz

booksjohnnaI’ve been reading a few books lately and it’s so good to be back into reading again.

Rumors of a Another World – by Phillip Yancey
Yancey quotes so many different authors when he writes, I’m beginning to think he’s …

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Journey of Christianity II (Read Part I written on August 09, 2013)

Posted on August 10, 2013 by fjmuniz

subversionbonhoffer“What is at stake is by no means whether our German members of congregations can still tolerate church fellowship with the Jews. It is rather the task of Christian preaching to say: here is the church, where Jew and German …

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Memories of Italy

Posted on August 10, 2013 by fjmuniz

italyItaly was always very present in my childhood.
Homemade pizza. Homemade tomato sauce. Homemade bread. Homemade sweet bread!

Good pasta. Good gnocchi. Good wine. Family getting together around the table every Sunday…

My passion for Italy grew more and more …

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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. May those who love you be secure. Psalm 122: 6

Posted on August 9, 2013 by fjmuniz

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The Rede Globo, or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network. A few months ago, I watched a very interesting interview through one of its programs, the Milenio.

Mosab Hassan Yousef is a Palestinian and son …

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“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

Posted on August 9, 2013 by fjmuniz

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Very often we face our reality and we cannot find the correct answer for our deep and sincere questions.

A young mother may ask herself where God was when she lost her baby. A responsible father …

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How many “Samaritans” have you met recently?

Posted on August 9, 2013 by fjmuniz

How many “Samaritans” have you met recently? Give and it will come back to you – sometimes in a very literal sense! A friend of a friend found out she was pregnant. Then, 8 weeks later, she found out she …

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Quand je suis né, j’étais noir, Quand j’ai grandi, j’étais noir…

Posted on August 9, 2013 by fjmuniz

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One of my students gave me this:

Quand je suis né, j’étais noir, Quand j’ai grandi, j’étais noir,
Quand j’ai peur, je suis noir,
Quand je vais au soleil, je suis noir,
Quand je suis malade, …

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Please don’t let me die…” Hugo Chavez

Posted on August 9, 2013 by fjmuniz

chavez“I don’t want to die. Please don’t let me die…” Hugo Chavez.

These were the very last words he spoke. His words circulated and were announced by radio, TV, newspapers, magazines, and the Internet all around the world. He was …

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The Journey of Christianity

Posted on August 9, 2013 by fjmuniz

journeyJesus is not the founder of Christianity.

Christianity has a founder, but the founder is not Jesus.
Jesus didn’t come to create any religion. Jesus has not founded Christianity.

Christianity has a founder. Christianity is a religion.
Its founder is …

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