Casey Hobbs

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  • Suffering and Play: A Prelude to the Coming Kingdom

    Suffering and Play: A Prelude to the Coming Kingdom

    There is a risk inherent in viewing Jesus’ words as play. Especially as we live in a world permeated by pain and suffering. Before I wrote this morning, I read a friend’s blog describing her blindsided breakup. How can I honestly write about play on one hand and be awake to suffering on the other? […]

    Casey Hobbs

    June 13, 2014
    Freedom and Play
    discipleship and play, Jesus and play, sermon on the mount and play, suffering and play, Theology of Play
  • Playful and Abundant Life: Play and the Sermon on the Mount

    Over the years one sermon (titled, Learning to Die) from the pen of Dietrich Bonhoeffer has inspired nearly everything I’ve written. There have been numerous direct references to his works on this blog, in my book, and in my various and sundry publications scattered in magazines, but there is one paragraph in particular that has […]

    Casey Hobbs

    June 11, 2014
    Freedom and Play
    Dietrich Bonhoeffer, discipleship, Play and the kingdom of God, Sermon on the Mount
  • The Word Comes…

    The city of Jerusalem, the place where the Lord had promised to rest his feet, was under siege by the mighty Babylonians. Anybody who was anybody was already out of the city. Some had fled, no doubt some had reached some safety in small surrounding towns. Apparently there was some real estate available up north […]

    Casey Hobbs

    June 5, 2014
    Freedom and Play
    Babylonian captivity, Jeremiah 29, Psalm 137, suffering and play, Theology of Play, trauma and play
  • A Story and A Few Thoughts on Stories

    A Story and A Few Thoughts on Stories

    Last night, my wife was at work and I was making dinner, so I decided that I needed some company. As it happened, my beloved San Francisco Giants were taking the night off, so I went to my default in such occasions. I listened to my sworn enemies play ball, the Los Angeles Dodgers. But […]

    Casey Hobbs

    June 3, 2014
    Baseball as Theology
    baseball and theology, story and spirituality, theology as play, Vin Scully
  • Prosperity from the Mountain

    The other day, I came across a curious prayer from King Solomon the Wise, many years ago. This strange phrase, “Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people” has been stuck in my head like a good hook from a song. Today I took a few minutes and sat with that phrase. This is what […]

    Casey Hobbs

    May 20, 2014
    Poetry
    Prosperity from the mountain, Psalm 72, theological poetry
  • playful word.

    who shall reach into the mind of the divine to reveal hidden mysteries who is it that takes mirth for wisdom who is it that speaks in riddles? you are full of surprises, o word of the mighty one.

    Casey Hobbs

    May 9, 2014
    Poetry
    John 11, poetry
  • On Work and Fear: A Poem

    fearless and fearful the day’s work lies before unsullied, shapeless, a void of possibilities. what will come of the brow’s sweat, what will the earth produce? and will it be today? some plunge ahead unafraid–or is it unawake– automatons unfeeling, cold as stone. is it for self-deception or for confidence’s sake can a heart be […]

    Casey Hobbs

    May 7, 2014
    Poetry, Writing
    Fear, fear and work, fear and writing, poetry
  • Once Innocence Was.

    Once Innocence Was.

    Once the world was a field of play; possibility blossomed effortless and abundant. Joy was ripe for the picking. Once friends laughed together, unhindered; happiness, the most basic of Adam’s race. Game and work were interchangeable. Once innocence birthed imagination; anything “could be,” “would be,” nothing “should be.” Innocence was. Once rule of law was […]

    Casey Hobbs

    April 21, 2014
    Poetry
    Image of God, National Poetry Month, play and freedom, play and innocence, poetry, Resurrection, Theology of Play
  • Play, the Sacred Revolution: A Poem

    Play, the Sacred Revolution: A Poem

    Begun out of excessive joy, invented out of Freedom’s imagination, let me dream once again as a boy. Let my highest ambition be “fun.” Though the world’s not as it should be, and suffering fills my cup, still let my heart be free. Still let my eyes look up. As a child sees possibilities of […]

    Casey Hobbs

    April 3, 2014
    Poetry
    Freedom and play, National Poetry Month, theological poetry, theology as play
  • Spring’s Promise: A Poem

    Spring’s Promise: A Poem

            Sun bursts through the backyard; welcomed back like a long-lost friend. Pinks, violets, yellows, greens; fill up what was once only grey. Who can resist reveling in sun-drenched days? The earth itself comes–all at once–to life. Mark this, O soul, prone to doubt! Remember today, the brilliance of blue skies! Write […]

    Casey Hobbs

    April 2, 2014
    Poetry
    National Poetry Month, Spring and renewal, spring poetry
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