…the center, the cornerstone, the jewel in the crown of Christianity is not an idea, a system or a thing; it is not even “the gospel” as such. It is Jesus Christ.
The center
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Our home life explained in one picture
Village Visit: Cacabelos
Wisdom from the Church Curmudgeon
Everyone deserves respect and tolerance. Whoever doesn’t believe that needs to be isolated, shamed, and rejected.
Village visit: La Barosa and Sobrado
Living Abroad
Sometimes trying to live abroad is like trying to do everything with your legs tied together. Just when you pick up speed you have to change direction and you fall on your face.
- Crystal
So, when you talk to the immigrant next door, let them know you recognize the paperwork/language/culture/homesickness is hard and you appreciate them going through all this effort.
Village Visit: San Facundo
Last Friday we visited San Facundo. Here are some pictures from our time there.
Let me introduce you to our valley
Various friends introduced us to our valley throughout our first year in Spain. We were invited, encouraged to visit, and physically taken to villages and sites around our amazing valley, El Bierzo. This photo book includes photos from 25 of those villages and sites.
Let me introduce you to our valley…
PDF (free): Un Año En El Bierzo
iTunes iBook (free): Un Año En El Bierzo
Kindle ($2.99 due to Amazon.com rules): Un Año En El Bierzo
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Vacation
We just got back from a trip. It was our 10 Year Anniversary/Tanzen Birthday/One Year in Spain Celebration. When we asked our Spanish tutor where she would go on vacation, her immediate response was “Lanzarote!”. So that is where we went. Lanzarote is an island in the Canary Islands, a territory of Spain, and easy access from our part of the world.
The island is basically a string of volcanos – inactive (I think?!) and makes you wonder if you landed on Mars. We had a great time visiting the different sites and spending time talking about our past 10 years (of marriage), 4 years (of Tanzen), and 1 year (in Spain).
Here are some pictures from our trip. The rest you can see here.
Apes
How do beliefs in individual freedom, human rights, and equality arise from or align with the idea that human beings came to be what they are through the survival of the fittest? They don’t, really. Russian philosopher Vladimir Solovyov sarcastically summarized the ethical reasoning of secular humanism like this: “Man descended from apes, therefore we must love one another.”
Timothy Keller, Making Sense of God