Tag: Holy Week
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A Reflection for Holy Week: Is Theology Reading, Living or Dying?
We theologians are famous for missing the point. Oh, we love to be embroiled in a controversy of whether or not God selects us before we select him, but we oftentimes run right past the starting point and forget to remember our basic problem: our hearts are dark. The fact that we miss that point […]
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Good Friday Reflection: Behold the Man
Don’t ask too many questions, if you please We want to save you the hassle, save you the guilt There is just something that needs to be done And you are our teeth. Ever since the teeth of the lion devoured in our peaceful streets Ravaging our peace, dismantling our shalom You have been […]
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Thoughts from Bonhoeffer: The End of Suffering in the Death of Jesus?
Suffering means being cut off from God. Therefore those who live in communion with him cannot really suffer. –Bonhoeffer As a rule I do not argue with experts. When I go to the neurologist, I can think what I want but at the end of the day, I will gladly have my head examined and […]
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Gillian Preaches the Gospel: The God We Know By the Mark in His Hands
A man of riches may claim a crown of jewels; but the King of heaven can’t be told from a prince of fools. Sweet, pure gospel. Jesus, the King of heaven, possesses all the riches of Godhood and yet you cannot pick him out of a crowd of morons. Really, who could possibly see […]
Casey Hobbs 