In Hebrew there are really only two verb tenses; complete actions and incomplete actions. That’s because Hebrew “sees” the world with a completely different framework than Indo-European languages. It sees the world in terms of actions rather than time. Our Indo-European languages offer many more shades of meaning in verbs. We have past, present and…
While I don’t usually talk about politics because my non-profit status prohibits it, it seems to me that the re-election of Obama marks a watershed in the American culture. I can’t help but notice the historical precedent. Alexander Tyler wrote about the Athenian Empire nearly 2500 years ago, “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of…
Beginning December 9 at the Winter Garden, FL, First Methodist Church, we will do a study of the book of James. Verse by verse, word by word. The plan is to be finished by the end of January. If you are in the area, please come along. 5PM to 7PM each Sunday at the usual…
9 people now have made contributions to Irene’s running. One person is following up on some other help and one couple even asked about how to get Irene and her family to the USA. In total, we raised more than $2000 for Irene. This will go into the At God’s Table bank account in South Africa…
Calling all those who indicated that they would be willing to help with this documentary on the white squatter camps in South Africa. Several readers wrote to say they could assist with editing, scoring and other production tasks for the project of exposing the world to the reverse racism occurring daily in South Africa. I…
While I was teaching in South Africa, I had a chance to take a few pictures. I thought you might enjoy these.
As long as we’re talking about the community and its impact, I thought you might like to know what I’ve been up to in the last few months. In addition to the classes I taught for Master’s, 1. I made two trips to South Africa this year, teaching more than 1000 people in 8 different…
WOW! Some really great news. The full story about what is really happening in the community is a bit long. So, I’ve posted a link here so that if you want all the details – which are extremely interesting – you may go to the longer post and read all of it. Here’s the short…
After my return from South Africa I took a look at the statistics for the At God’s Table and Today’s Word email lists. I found some important trends that I think you should know about. 1. The number of people who have LEFT the email list is 8 times greater than the number who have…
Something I picked up in Africa. [audio:https://skipmoen.com/audio/lionsounds.mp3] (To listen, hit the Play button above, or right-click here, select “Save as…” and download the file to your computer.)
