Embracing our Mortality: a reflection for lent
…from dust you are, and to dust you shall return. I didn’t know whether to smile or hang my head in shame as the pastor spoke these words over me […]
Tag Archives: God for us
‘Tis the Season to Remember: God is For Us
I remember being in college listening to a super-spiritual professor tell us all about the church calendar. I could not believe somebody could find it in themselves to become genuinely […]
Dancing About Our Own Graves
44. Q. Why is there added: He descended into hell? A. In my greatest sorrows and temptations I may be assured and comforted that my Lord Jesus Christ, by His […]
Jesus Descended into Hell…what is hell?
Ok, so now that we have established that we have every bit as much (if not more) capacity to be wrong as our fathers before us, let us get into […]
Martin Luther, Repentance, Theses and Life
It was nearly 400 years ago now that a brash, brave young monk made a public declaration that the church needed to have a conversation. The pope was selling salvation. […]
Album Review- Wilco: The Whole Love
So I’m sitting there in the park, enjoying the view over Elliot Bay in Seattle, minding my own business, when some 20-year-old dude breaks into the silence of a sun-soaked […]
A Luther Quote and a Plea For Freedom This Weekend
Surely we are named after Christ, not because he is absent from us, but because he dwells in us, that is, because we believe in him and are Christs to […]
Jesus, the Happy Man
As many times as I have looked for it, melancholy, self-pity, moping and complaining just do not seem to be a part of Jesus’ game. Sure, he weeps with Mary […]
The Words We Hear Too Much & Not Enough
(Jesus) has been manifested in a human body for this reason only, out of the love and goodness of his Father, for the salvation of us men. […]
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 […]
