Jun 19, 2022 | Author - Kenneth Tanner
Folks have in recent centuries struggled with the supernatural moments in the gospels, but seeing the things I have seen it puzzles me that some still stumble over manifestations of the demonic in the stories the gospels tell. One could try to blame this recent...
May 7, 2022 | Author - Kenneth Tanner
Among earth’s biological species humans are the least instinctually equipped to survive. It takes much more than a decade to give a child a fighting chance.The nascent humans and human children of our species are the most vulnerable on our planet without the constant...
Apr 12, 2022 | Author - Kenneth Tanner
Speaking wisely of the cross. The cross means no one else has to die for the world to be made right again. Not one more person has to die to balance a scale, to ensure that we have enough of whatever it is, to satisfy vengeance, to make my life more convenient,...
Oct 24, 2021 | Author - Kenneth Tanner
The leaves of this Japanese maple in our front drive are not “useful” to me but I love beholding them. In the church we are in the habit of asking, “What difference does this make for me on Monday morning?” or “How can I make use of this in my day-to-day life?” We...
Jul 15, 2021 | Author - Kenneth Tanner
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants.” —Thomas Jefferson (who venerated ‘nature and nature’s god’) Thomas Jefferson The Tree of Life does not require the blood of the martyrs and is not refreshed by their...
Jul 12, 2021 | Author - Kenneth Tanner
I don’t use the language of “Christian universalism” because it’s too often associated with a false interpretation of reality, one that is absent repentance, theosis, and transfiguration.We don’t enter the world that’s coming to this world without consent to the love...
