About the Book

Letters weaves together a story of how God raised up a Christian community, with its growth pains, its joys and sorrows, its laughter and tears. (It) combines historical anecdotes with scriptural insights to manifest how God is truly alive among His people today. What comes out in the Letters is the lived experience of a layman maintaining that delicate balance among family, work, service and leisure.
 - Frank Padilla CFC International Mission Director

The book is like an insightful guide that takes you by the hand and leads you to a path of roots and beginnings; wonderments and awakenings; reflections, silence, listening. The book-guide at times fascinates like a tourist guide who, along the way, points out to details: informative, significant, of historical or human interest, plus delightful trivia which are products of thorough research.
 - Rouquel Ponte –
CFC Philippine Mission Director
 

About the Author

Jun Uriarte earned his B.S. and M.S. from the University of the Philippines and his Ph.D. from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.A. He and his wife, Jean, joined Couples for Christ in 1992. They helped establish the CFC Jakarta Expatriate Chapter and became Chapter Leaders. They are now CFC Regional Coordinators for Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. They have five children and three grandchildren.
 

Epilogue
  1. To till it and keep it
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Table of Contents

Foreword
Prologue

Part I - The community takes root

  1. We cannot talk of man without woman

  2. Remember your last end

  3. My grace is sufficient for you

  4. Even to the ends of the earth

  5. It is good for us to be here

  6. Greet no one on the road

  7. I will give you rest

Part II - The community grows
  1. We are no more than servants
  2. You are the Christ
  3. You are all children of God
  4. I will gather you from all the countries
  5. Go and proclaim the good news
  6. Send out fragrance like incense
  7. Unless the Lord builds the house
  8. Who do people say that I am?
  9. Never will the powers of death overcome it
  10. Let the children come to me
  11. I am bringing you good news

 

Part III - The community looks back
  1. They saw the child with Mary
  2. In the image of God
  3. Remain in my love
  4. You are God's own people
  5. What are you looking for?
  6. Teach and admonish one another
  7. They have no wine
  8. I want to know Christ
  9. Make disciples of all nations
  10. Whoever wishes to be great
  11. Here I am. You called me
  12. No slave above his master
  13. I will spit you out of my mouth
  14. My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord
Part IV - The community faces a crisis
  1. How long shall it be to the end of these appalling things?
  2. Do not be afraid?
  3. All generations will call me blessed
  4. Mary pondered them in her heart
  5. Why are you terrified?
  6. Now is the day of salvation
  7. Not by bread alone does man live
  8. I have dealt with great things that I do not understand
  9. I am with you always
  10. Give them some food yourselves
  11. And the two of them become one body
  12. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be
  13. Come and you will see!
  14. We proclaim Christ crucified
  15. We hold this treasure in earthen vessels

Acknowledgments

With special thanks:

  • To Jean, my wife, my inspiration, my pastoral partner, and the best secretary and records administrator one can ever have. She kept a complete and orderly file of all my reflections, writings, articles and talks. She carefully read and corrected all the articles in Letters of Aquila and Priscilla and she diligently reviewed, proofread, and prepared the initial layout of the manuscript of this book.

  • To my children, Joyce, Joubert, Joel, Jenner and Jonjon, for their love and support.

  • To all the members of CFC Jakarta Expatriate Chapter, for their prayers and financial support that made the publication of this book possible. I cannot mention all their names but through their Chapter Leaders, Bert and Fe Anicete, may I thank all of you for your generosity and kindness.

  • To Frank Padilla, Rouquel Ponte, Tony Meloto for reading the manuscript and giving their nod for its publication.

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