Aug 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Francesco Hayez – "Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem" – 1827 There’s a story I’ve often heard told about Old Testament prophets. I don’t think it’s true, but here’s how it goes. God apparently gave Israel a sacrificial system. He asked for...
Aug 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
"[North Korea] will be met with fire, fury and frankly power, the likes of which the world has never seen before." It's ghastly to even suggest it but one way we would learn not to make or house nuclear weapons would be to have about half a dozen...
Jul 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
15 July 2017 The Stance of Fear, the Stance of Faith David J. Goa Founding Director Chester Ronning Center for the Study of Religion & Public Life University of Alberta An Open Letter to Christians Who Struggle to be Orthodox. Earlier this year the monks of St....
Jun 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
A Walk through Paul's Letter to the Romans (I wrote this on my journey to work this morning. It began with an effort to make sense of a difficult passage in the first chapter. It ended with something like a targum or paraphrase of the entire letter.) There is no...
Jun 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
I have a memory from around when I was 4 or 5, It might have been a dream, a piece of media, or a powerful feeling I needed a name for, but I had this image of a child, lost far from home staying in a barn during a storm. Outside the barn is white with fog and raining...
