I admit that I have a sort of love/hate relationship with poetry. I like it when it makes me think; I don’t like it when it makes me feel stupid; for example, for not having a PhD in literature and consequently not knowing the “code.” (Come to think of it, maybe that’s how some people feel about reading [...]
Maybe you heard or read this story in last week’s news. For me it’s an earthly glimpse into Trinitarian love and what it means to live out of our true glory:
With two runners on base and a strike against her, Sara Tucholsky of Western Oregon University uncorked her best swing and did something she had [...]
I’d like you to pay attention to something today.
Everything.
Bill Donahue, in his book, In the Company of Jesus, tells the following experience he had in a seventh-grade science class:
“Rejoice always; pray continuously; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus” (I Thessalonians 5:16-18). Note the bookends holding up continuous prayer: rejoicing and giving thanks. Frankly, rejoicing isn’t the first thing I think to do in most circumstances; or giving thanks, for that matter. “Rejoicing always” seems [...]
Imagine it. Imagine the Kingdom of God.
If there is anything that our modern culture has hijacked, it’s our imagination. Actually, our own desires and worries are capable all on their own of pirating the ship of our imaginations. Our sexuality is proned to fantasize the gutter rather than glory. Worry-fueled imaginations picture worst possible scenarios.
What’s next? We’ve been praying for what we want; now we’re going to start praying for what God wants. We’ve been praying our own prayers; now we’re going to start praying the Lord’s Prayer.
I like Jesus more and more, including those things he said that used to confuse me. I still find him confusing, but I love how he makes me think. He refuses to be a poster boy for my favorite theology, spirituality or methodology, or anyone else’s for that matter. Just when I think I have Jesus [...]
I’m reading a book called The Vow, by Pete Greig. He describes how, at the age of 17, a young German count by the name of Nicklaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf joined with some friends in making a vow that became the basis for what was eventually to be called The Order of the Mustard Seed. [...]
Last night we had our first Gathering of the summer, and our first “spiritual potluck” ever. A spiritual potluck is what happens when a group gets together without a specific agenda (menu), but agrees that each person will bring ’something to share’: whatever God has used to speak to them most recently — a piece [...]
What do you think of when you hear the word “gospel?” Maybe it’s gospel music, or the four New Testament gospels, or the cross, or ‘the plan of salvation’, or just Jesus. Did you know that Jesus had a gospel (good news) that He preached?
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