Tag Archives: Reflection

“Everybody worships,” said David Foster Wallace in 2005.

Posted on September 15, 2013 by fjmuniz

“Everybody worships,” said David Foster Wallace in 2005. “The only choice we get is what to worship. And the compelling reason for maybe choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thing … is that pretty much anything else you worship …

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Yancey and the Prodigal Son

Posted on September 2, 2013 by fjmuniz

Two things for today:

1) Just finished Rumors of Another World: What on Earth Are We Missing? by Philip Yancey. (Don’t ask me how long it took me!) I’m grateful for Yancey because whenever I read him, I learn so …

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Thirteen years later and a few illustrious visitors in Florida

Posted on August 22, 2013 by fjmuniz

armandao.jpegIt was in 2000 that I met Armando and Dinha in Toronto, Canada.

Four years later, I moved to Canada and stayed in their home in Mississauga for almost 6 months. At that time I met their son Marcio and …

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I believe God made me for a purpose, but He also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure”. Eric Liddell

Posted on August 16, 2013 by fjmuniz

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Do you know there is no one like you on this planet?

Do you know no one has ever been like you in this existence?

You may think and tell me “Fabio, now you are exaggerating. …

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Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. Mother Teresa

Posted on August 11, 2013 by fjmuniz

We live in a very selfish society. Everything is about “me, me, me!”.
“Me” is first. “Me” is the priority. “Me” comes before anything!

“Me” is sometimes even before my wife, my communication with my daughter, my son, my friendship …

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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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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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