This month we begin two new series of articles. The first is a short series by a newcomer to our ezine, Lee Franklin. Lee has developed a series of articles on Christian stewardship for his congregation. He shares them with us this month and for the next three.

 

In the second I am doing something new as well. Instead of a short series, I am bold to give you a series of chapters of a book I have written on the Biblical teaching on time. This is a manuscript I am publishing for the first time online. Each month I'll be adding another chapter. At the end, I'll provide study guides for those who want to use the material for group study. Eventually I hope to develop a separate website to track life before the multitudinous changes of the last half of century 20 and now century 21. 

 

In turn, I continue a series of Biblical studies on the role of women in the church, especially looking at the issue of women ordained to the pastoral ministry. In this article I invite you to look carefully at the reasons why Jesus chose to come among us as a man and not as a woman. This truth impacts seriously upon the question of women's ordination.  

 

Rev. Dobberfuhl brings us another of his delightful and very popular meditations. In this one he reflects upon the events of the recent Olympics in China and the importance of caring and being involved in the lives of others. 

 

Rev. Richter concludes this month's edition with yet another of his insightful articles about the basic differences between the Christian and Muslim faiths.