Oct 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
In my reading of Jesus’ many encounters in the Gospels I am continually moved by what these stories tell us about how God meets people. Throughout Luke’s Gospel we see Jesus ministering mostly in public non-religious places. He teaches beside the seashore, in cities,...
Oct 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
“One does not read in the Gospel that the Lord said: I will send you the Holy Spirit who will teach you about the course of the sun and moon. For He willed to make them Christians, not astronomers.” – Saint Augustine, regarding Genesis chapter one. In Genesis one we...
Oct 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
The truth of Genesis two, the truth of Eden is that we are all the man and the woman of this passage. We are all born into a state of innocence, and we all have the choice before us: to live life with God, eating of the tree of life, or to be our own god, eating of...
Oct 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
It has become increasingly commonplace in popular theological works to draw a sharp contrast between Jesus’ teachings in the Sermon on the Mount and, well … the whole Old Testament. The most prominent verses cited as evidence are Jesus’ ‘you have heard it said...
Sep 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Recommended blog series: Raising Children Un-Fundamentalist For parents who were raised in bad religion but want to raise children of faith.
Sep 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
Severe Stress in Shemitah September 2015 I almost missed it! Sure, I knew that the world is a huge mess. There’s Putin and Iran and China and a myriad of fears fueled by fear mongers. There’s massive uncertainty about the roller coaster ride of the stock market! And,...
