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...
Jul 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Editor’s Note: In the spirit of respectful interfaith dialogue, www.Clarion-Journal.com welcomes Safi Kaskas, a noted Islamic scholar, peacemaker, and translator of the Qur’an to share an eight-day reflection on the Beatitudes from a Muslim perspective. A...
Jul 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
Podcast – Molly Worthan In Conversation with David Goa CLICK HERE TO HERE THE PODCAST I welcome you to our conversation on President Trump, the evangelicals and what is unfolding in American political culture. In this podcast I have the pleasure of...
