Apr 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
[From time to time we receive announcements of local events and activities that may be of interest to our readers. We forward them for your information.] Seeking the Peace of Jerusalem: Overcoming Christian Zionism in the Quest for Justice Mark your calendar...
Apr 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
Listening to prisoners’ stories day after day for 20 years has left with me insights into human misery and sin, as well as experiencing the shadow sides of social and political life. Listening also gave me a heightened respect for the value of the human narrators of...
Apr 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
2 Corinthians 11:30 – If I must boast, I will boast of the things which concern my weaknesses. Only half of the picture of Jesus is presented in much of what we teach, believe, and present as “the gospel". We’ve presented a Jesus who is not only some...
Apr 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
Harvey Cox, How to Read the Bible (HarperOne, 2015) Whenever I get a book like this, I’m tempted to jump ahead to the conclusion, just so I can see if I agree with their direction. Against all my instincts, I started from the beginning, and I’m glad I did....
Apr 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
By the third day, I'm certain life had begun to gain some sort of semblance of normal for the followers of Christ. His mother, once unconsolable, probably finally started to get some sleep, albeit interrupted by the recurring nightmare of her son, beaten and...
