Nov 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
The death of Jesus on the cross is utterly confounding; affronting our sensibilities of justice. How can this bloody mess of a man be our conquering king? How can this victimized, brutalized plebeian be our savior? But he is. Wholly and completely. And the universe...
Nov 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Stars Like Us By Jessica Cotten I saw a falling star tonight It was beautiful We admire the beautiful things, you know. But did you forget? This star Falling Lighting the sky Was also burning, Dying. We crave beauty We crave glory We crave the...
Sep 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Sacred House cleaning and fear monsters My heart is the place my love and fears compete for residency. However, I am the landlord and I get to decide who lives here. When Jesus took up residency he didn’t forcefully move in. There were no bolt...
Sep 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
A Different Kind of Feast Sept. 1, 2019 | St. Mark’s Gospel – Luke 14:1, 7-14 Let’s set the scene. We’re at a dinner party hosted by a prominent religious leader in the community. Friends and family and other influential people are in attendance. So is Jesus. As...
Aug 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
QUESTION Under grace, are we still ‘sinners’? Is confessing sin a denial of grace? What about saying “the Lord’s Prayer,” which asks God to forgive our sins? Some grace teachers regard the Lord’s Prayer as Old Covenant since Jesus taught it before the Cross and at the...
Aug 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Theodicy: Ça se déconstruit” Those words were too much, too little was said, understood, imagined. Win your peace, vindicate your god, it is pyrrhic, brittle. I thumb the pages of that same old text, and hope—quelled to bare velleity, dim and frail—whimpers o’er...
