Tag: idealism

Heroic Living

Posted on by Michael Rose
 Ever feel like you are overrun by the mundane in your life?   Having dinner with some friends the other night and our conversation quickly turned to life and significance.  We all could agree that significance comes from something bigger than ourselves and for us around the table, we agreed, that something bigger was Jesus….
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Mind the Gap

Posted on by Michael Rose
Have you ever wrestled with the way you wished things were and the way they actually are?  If you are like me, there is a tendency to go one of two ways: get cynical and wash my hands of it all or to the other extreme where I bury my head in the proverbial sand and…
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Ding, Dong the Witch is Dead?

Posted on by Michael Rose
[This piece is dated for sure but the ideas within it are still valid.  As we wrestle with Jesus’ words to love our enemies and His Gospel of non-violence, we need to sit in the midst of seeming caldron of conflicting emotions and twisted ideas of justice and allow Holy Spirit to speak to us.]…
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