Abraham's Journey
By Charlie Johnston Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path. Psalm 27:11 The last four verses of my favorite Psalm, the 27th, are among the most compelling prayers I have ever read. They are a rebuke and a consolation, a weary plea and a profound statement of faith: Teach […]
Read More Lead Us In a Plain PathBy Charlie Johnston We are booked pretty solid through late June for my speaking tour this year – in the Midwest, New England, and New York. Come mid-July I have some stops in Florida. There is a little hole in the first half of July. I can use this to visit longer with family, but […]
Read More The New Tower of Babel – Short Takes(About a year ago, on a Church rack, I discovered a little pamphlet of prayers for the “Little Office of The Immaculate Conception.” I do not say it all the time, but at certain times, I find it very soothing and helpful with my focus. As we go forward, some little groups may find this […]
Read More Where Two or Three are Gathered…By Charlie Johnston The Russian Collusion Hoax is dead. A very hostile and partisan team of prosecutors was unable to find anything they were willing to put their necks on the line for in formal accusations against Pres. Donald Trump. Even so, Congressional Democrats and the establishment media are determined to play political alchemists, hoping […]
Read More May Shapes Up to be Very Consequential – Short TakesBy Charlie Johnston Mine is an ordinary way: Acknowledge God, Take the Next Right Step, and Be a Sign of Hope to those around you. It is not a way developed casually through some focus group. It is the result of a process of boiling down what is critical and yet accessible to all over […]
Read More Grace is Free, But Not Cheap(I am out of town until Sunday. Perusing over some old articles, I thought this one – which I originally published on Dec. 31, 2014 – was worthy of a reprise. Interestingly, Susan Skinner – who writes the Veil of Veronica site, and I first met each other because we had basically the same vision […]
Read More The Challenge Before UsBy Charlie Johnston “I fed you with milk, not solid food; for you were not ready for it; And even yet you are not ready.” – 1 Cor 3:2 When I was a young fellow, it was very striking to me that different preachers and different people in my little fundamentalist denomination would […]
Read More A Time for Heroes: The Way ForwardNear the end of February, I needed the longest break I have ever taken from this site due to the health needs of Fr. Wang, now ninety, for whom I provide care. As one who dwells on the positive, he has taken good care of his personal temple with exercise, nutritious food, plenty of rest, […]
Read More The Whole Church Needs a Permanent Pentecost(In my last piece, I said, in exasperation, that there is no “middle coming.” That was hyperbole – and wrong. I meant that there is no middle coming in the sense of Jesus coming in his normal humanity. I was frustrated because some have tortured the Church’s authentic teaching on the middle coming to mean […]
Read More The Middle ComingBy Charlie Johnston Many are shaken now that the battle over abortion has ventured into the territory of outright infanticide. It is right it should be so. It is hideous to see people who constantly congratulate themselves on their superior morality revealing that they don’t even have the most basic form of decency. It is […]
Read More The End of the Beginning – Part III
A Sign of Hope 