The Goodness of Creation and the Love of God
And God saw that it was good. As I sit down to write, I can hear my housemate working in his workshop. I think he told me earlier that he […]
Tag Archives: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Bonhoeffer’s Christ and a Call to Die
Christ must become present to us in preaching and in the sacraments just as in being the crucified one he has made peace with God and with humanity. The crucified […]
The Power of Another
Lately I’ve been hitting something of a wall in my writing. I kind of feel like Steve Martin in The Jerk, telling his family about his odd jobs. One way […]
Fear, Freedom, Covenant and Living Well
I was talking with my new friend Phil over a cup of coffee when he brought up a word I had not thought of since my days as a seminarian- […]
Out of Egypt I called my Son: So What?
I don’t know about you but I am terrible with details. I mean absolutely awful. I am totally that guy who sings along to my favorite band and doesn’t know […]
Jesus, the Proof that God is For Us
This man whom I am, Jesus has also been. Of him only it is valid to say that nothing human was alien to him. Of this man, we say: “This […]
Jesus, The God-Man For Us
It really is weird to think about God walking around on earth. The Roman Caesars assumed that they were divine. The Egyptians kings- the Pharaohs, I hear, pretty much […]
God was one of us.
In a decision that will no doubt shock you beyond your reasoning capacity, I thought it would be a good idea to start out the larger conversation of the Manhood […]
153 Fish and the God who is For us
Ok, so I have a theological question for you. I have to be honest and say that there are very few statements that can grab my attention as quickly […]
The Way of Jesus: Following Person over Principle
Follow me, run along behind me! That is all. To follow in his steps is something which is void of all content. It gives us no intelligible program for a […]
