Feb 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
MOVE BEYOND THE IDEA THAT “BEING RIGHT” IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEASURE OF FAITH HOW THE BIBLE ACTUALLY WORKS In Which I Explain How an Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom, Rather than Answers—and Why that’s Great News By Peter Enns “Far from...
Feb 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Tena koutou katoa Ko Takarunga te maunga ahau Ko Waitemata te moana ahau Ko Pakiri te awa ahau Ko Oriana te waka ahau Ko Oruamo te kainga ahau Ko Ngati Pakeha te iwi ahau Ko Gray te hapu ahau Ko Fran Francis ahau Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa ...
Feb 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
“The One forming light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the Lord who does all these” Isaiah 45:7. Physicists christened the force responsible for the acceleration of the expansion of the universe as “dark energy.” Space was once...
Jan 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
“The Bible Clearly Says…” “Let’s get back to the Bible.” “We follow the main and plain understanding of Scripture.” Expressions like this are riddled through the religious milieu of our time. Until recently I had largely presumed this discourse...
Jan 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
I have said before that forgiveness is the wellspring that extinguishes the fires of hell in our hearts. Tonight’s meeting of Narcotics Anonymous at the monastery reiterated this concept in my mind. The other subject that came up this evening was the way in which fear...
Jan 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Once, you gave us a gift. A work of art, unique and special. We loved it, back then. We lost sight of the gift, of its beauty. We forgot what you said. Love, your love, disappeared from our memory. But sometimes, when the wind blows, we start to...
