Tim Høiland

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Entries Tagged as 'Faith & Spirituality'

Return to El Salvador

June 22nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Faith & Spirituality, Politics & Social Issues

Not too long ago I was visiting some friends in Philadelphia to watch a soccer game, when, as sometimes happens, I got to talking about the mining industry and what it means for the community where I grew up in Guatemala. A friend of a friend told me about another friend of his I just [...]

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Formational and relational transformation

May 25th, 2010 · 12 Comments · Books, Faith & Spirituality

One of the dangers you encounter when reading a book about the Christian life is that you underline all the most challenging parts of it and think of all the ‘lukewarm’ Christians out there it applies to. I first remember falling into this trap while reading The Cost of Discipleship by Bonhoeffer and being amazed [...]

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Is a church really a church if it exists only for itself?

May 18th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Books, Faith & Spirituality

The tendency towards polarization in our society is rampant. We see it perhaps most clearly and prominently in political debates, but it happens all over the place, not the least of which being debates within and about the church. While polarizing voices do tend to get a lot of attention, it’s debatable whether they’re really [...]

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