Mar 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Job and Helping Others By Bob Branch NOTE: This entry is more journal-musing than well-argued article, so enter at your own risk! After reading Sandra Richter’s Epic of Eden, I felt compelled to go back to the Old Testament for my morning Lectio...
Mar 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
#40 I am twisted words A life of falling Falling to be faster Bowing to be higher Weeping to be happy Repentance An expectation of the divine Humanity's gift When I twist words, they become me When others twist words, they bend me to believe To...
Feb 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
There’s a little idea I had about those who walk this earth in the most impoverished of circumstances, and yet live lives overflowing with joy, with smiles wider than what seems sensible, or even possible given their living conditions. It is an amazing thing to...
Feb 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
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Feb 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’m mystified by the notion that the only two ways of thinking about sin available to us are “total depravity” (all the “wretched worm” nonsense), or “sin is an oppressive, outdated word,” which is equally silly. I absolutely buy into "original blessing” (Genesis...
