The Wheat and the Weeds
It is our practice now, at least in the large cities, to find from our psychiatric priesthood that our sins aren’t really sins at all but accidents that are set […]
Tag Archives: Jesus
Master, Why Do You Speak in Parables?
Does it seem cruel, or at the very least curious, that Jesus interacts with seekers by telling them riddles? Honestly, is it strange to you that Jesus seems to go […]
A Kingdom Disclaimer
I love to listen to baseball on the radio. I love that my imagination can re-create the scenes of curveballs and doubles into the gap, while at the same tine […]
The Coalescence of Heaven and Earth
My wife and I have an impressive and growing collection of books in our little house. Some of them are even leather bound, which, it ought to go without saying, […]
Ecstasy without Transformation
The other day I came across an article in a local newspaper from sometime in the summer, because, you know, I like to stay on top of things. The article […]
Stood Up By the Muse and Invited to Rest
Each December, it happens again. I find myself too weary to come up with the ideas and attention I need to summon up a coherent thought. When the time comes […]
The Hard Work of Surrender
This morning I was reading about Zedekiah, king of Israel, who was at the helm during the siege fall of Jerusalem. I always thought that he must have been an […]
The Wonder of Dewy Fleece
This morning I read the story of Gideon and his fleece and, if I am being honest, this may have been the first time in my life I have taken […]
To Be Like God
Long before Matt Williams was the third-base coach of the Arizona Diamondbacks, he played the “hot-corner” for the San Francisco Giants. And he was my hero. I remember sitting in […]
The Road to Freedom Via Gunpoint
Years ago, my friend Brian told me a story about Harriet Tubman, a black woman who escaped to the North at the brink of the Civil War. Tubman is famous […]
