http://artie.desirearmed.com A Place for Artie's thoughts. Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:35:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Interesting response from Brian McLaren. What's your reaction to President Obama's recent statements to the Muslim world that "the United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam" and that "we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation"? I welcome and celebrate President Obama's statement, because not only is ... http://artie.desirearmed.com/?p=47 I've been silent for a while because I had no connection in St. Louis. We took a group of 13 teenagers and 3 adults to the St. Louis Dream Center, which was established and continues to be funded by Joyce Myer Ministries. This trip caused many intellecual and ... http://artie.desirearmed.com/?p=28 A friend of mine recently e-mailed me and referenced the satisfaction I must take in being "right" about something. He said this in sincerity - not in the Smart A sort of way. But it made me pause to think and my response to him was that I ... http://artie.desirearmed.com/?p=14 Many of my freinds and acquaintences that desire to embrace their Christian faith have fallen out of love with the church. Church for them seems at best to be irrelevent and at worst a detriment to their spiritual development. If this is similar to your own sentiment ... http://artie.desirearmed.com/?p=8