Author: The Sword of the Spirit

Having a Mindset of Gratitude to God

As Christians, what mindset should we have? It should be based on gratitude to God. God could not have made us. But out of His opulent love for us, He created us, hoping that we would love Him back.

Focus For Fasting

Fasting helps remind us of our higher calling to serve and worship Jesus Christ. A helpful approach taking practices from the Greek Orthodox Church.

God Smiled

I would like to share briefly with you about my most recent ecumenical experience in the National Congress “Pray Together for Mexico”.

Youth Bridge

The Youth Bridge The Youth Bridge captures this understanding and applies it. A bridge is only effective if it reaches from shore to shore. Our standard for youth work is getting youth from Christian childhood to Christian adulthood. To do this, we provide every youth with support every step of the way. We build lives, […]

The Challenge of Living in Lebanon

I had no other option but to turn to the Lord. These times of difficulty have taught me to grow in humility, surrender my life and trust in the grace of God: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in your weakness”

A Path to Unity

Perhaps there is another mystery at work when martyrdom and persecution go together, as so many Christians in the world are experiencing today: they lead to deeper unity among those who suffer.

Ecumenism of Blood

How can the ‘ecumenism of blood’ lead to a deeper ecumenism of heart and mind?

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2020

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is actually an eight-day observance or “octave” of prayer. It has been this way since the beginnings of this international movement in 1908.

God in Bethlehem’s Cave

What wonder! What mystery! God, who is eternal, unchanging, and unsearchable, becomes visible, vulnerable, weak and helpless as a Jewish infant, born of a virgin without human conception

Maranatha! – Come, Lord Jesus!

The expression “Maranatha!” was a key watchword and prayer among the early Christians. Many Christians today use this expression during the Advent season.