Hope in the Time of COVID, Part 17 - Origin Stories
Does the 21st century nation state of Peru play an essential role in salvation history? Short answer: Of course not. God loves Peruvians! But Peru the...
Jesus at 2AM - A Humorous, Intelligent Look at the Bible, Church History & the Life of Faith
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Where intellectual integrity meets an honest quest for faith. Humorous and sincere, this is one pastor's attempt at late-night-level honesty about the Bible, church history, theological scholarship, spiritual practice and...God. And how it might just turn out that love is the name of the game.
Hope in the Time of COVID, Part 16 - Admitting the Problem (of Sin)
How do I, as a white, well-educated, heterosexual, Protestant, cis male, who would never knowingly sanction racism of any sort, reflect on "systemic r...
Hope in the Time of COVID, Part 15 - On Love, Hope and Change
Hope is the belief that things can change for the better. And it is the question the gospel persistently sets before us: Are we naive in thinking that...
Hope in the Time of COVID, Part 14 - What God Wants? Justice, Mercy and Humility!
"How does one appease a deity? Gain a favor? Avert a curse?" Such questions stood at the center of Ancient Near Eastern religion (and of many cultures...
Hope in the Time of COVID, Part 13 - Jesus and Divine Justice
As those called to share in God's project of restoration, justice is at the heart of our work. But what does the Bible mean by "justice"? The term eas...
Hope in the Time of COVID, Part 12 - Hope and Vision
Essential to the life of faith is recognizing that hope is rooted in reality, in what is actually possible. The gospel has no room for fairy tales or ...
Easter 2021: The Long, Slow Triumph of Love!
At the cross, Love and Evil went to war - the final confrontation between God and sin. And the question is: Who won? (It would be good to know, as the...
Hope in the Time of COVID, Part 11 - Love and Revolution
APOLOGIES for being away so long. No...really. I'm sorry for the extended absence (more in the intro). But at last we continue in our look at hope in ...
Advent 4 (2020) - The Name of the Game
The ultimate lesson of Advent, indeed the ultimate lesson of the whole of scripture and the life of faith, is love - the pure, open, unending and unco...
Advent 3 (2020) - Come and Be Joyful!
If any emotion has been in short supply this year, it's joy. And yet Advent calls us to return to this central experience of the Christian life, whate...