Feb 14, 2021 | Author - Kenneth Tanner
The transfiguration is a revelation of the defeat of death. Elementary observations about the event are often overlooked or unspoken.On the mountain Moses and Elijah, dead to history, are very much alive and once again embodied. They are speaking with Jesus....
Feb 1, 2021 | Author - Kenneth Tanner
A set of four tweet-length meditations on the vicarious nature of the church as she is described in Acts 2:42:The Sacraments are where we as the body of Christ continue to give our collective life for the life of the world. By them we die with the human God and...
Oct 20, 2020 | Author - Kenneth Tanner
Loitering with JesusThe 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...
Oct 16, 2020 | Author - Kenneth Tanner
Our closest galactic neighbor, Andromeda, is 2.5 million light-years away. She dwarfs our galaxy and contains a trillion stars. The energy that fuels all of those stars and has kept them in a spiral for 13 billion years is measurable, but who has the...
Oct 13, 2020 | Author - Kenneth Tanner
Forget about explanations and analogies for the Trinity. Please instead take them hand-in-hand, then walk his students or disciples down a dusty path to the Jordan. There, among the tall reeds on the bank stands Jesus, who has also just walked there from...
Sep 27, 2020 | Author - Kenneth Tanner
Those who follow my social media know that the vast majority of my stories and images are about Jesus—his authentic humanity and his vulnerable divinity, how his unique person is our salvation and the salvation of the world. I’m astonished by and obsessed with...
