Three Reasons I am Thankful to Write
Two years ago today, I was sitting down to coffee and imagining what it would be like to start to trace out a couple of really really big ideas that […]
Tag Archives: Bonhoeffer
Making Friends with the World
Toward the end of his life, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote about his changing friends. He had grown up in a wealthy family, and had been a part of what we might […]
Our Story is Revolutionary
(What marks us as Christians) is unreserved love for our enemies, for the unloving and the unloved, love for our religious, political and personal adversaries. In every case it is […]
Thankfulness Between Finished and Done
As Jesus hung on the cross, we have seven of his phrases recorded. We remember them at each Easter time but as this is somewhere near the half-annual mark of […]
Last Personal Update, Then Back to Business!
Well, loyal reader, fear no more, I am alive and well! If you missed my tri-weekly posts for the past couple of weeks, I have good news for you! Likewise, […]
Jesus- Man, Freedom Fighter and God For Us
Who can’t love a freedom fighter? I mean, seriously, it is almost irrelevant to us how the freedom fighter achieves his ends, we just love to see somebody fighting to […]
C.D.s, Ponies and Jesus: the Fulfiller of the Law
Jesus Christ and he alone fulfils the law, because he alone lives in perfect communion with God. -Bonhoeffer I am in the process of moving right now and I came […]
Independence and Freedom: Thoughts for the 4th of July
As we remember the signing of the Declaration of Independence today, we will hear much said and sung about two words: independence and freedom. They seem like cousins and in […]
Time Heals All Wounds and Other Ridiculous Sayings
Time heals all wounds. Does anybody actually believe that? I remember when I was playing baseball in college. My collegiate athletic career consisted of practicing hard and getting myself prepared […]
About a Boy: Community, Isolation and the Gospel of Jesus
In my opinion, all men are islands. And what’s more, now’s the time to be one. This is an island age. Now, you may very well dismiss this statement out […]
