Faith, hope and love. These are gifts that emerge out of the biblical story. These are the gifts which sustain community. Words, stories, community. God’s story, composting in the soil under our bare feet, cultivating our journey into the beloved community.
In the biblical creation story, God speaks and moves. Without a prototype or patent–light, darkness, water, earth, plants, [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘writing’
September 15, 2009
Cultivating Communities of Faith, Hope and Love…
July 24, 2008
Politics…
Here is Shane Claiborne’s take on how our allegiance to the Kingdom of God impacts our engagement politically (“advise everyone…endorse no one”):
Our central allegience is to God’s Kingdom, and we invite everything else in the world to align itself with the norms of that upside-down Kingdom. That is what we endorse, and we stand behind [...]
July 22, 2008
Wheat and weeds…
The gospel lesson for this past Sunday was the parable of weeds among the wheat. In the story Jesus tells, the slaves of the householder see this unexpected circumstance–weeds among the wheat–as one that requires action. “Master, did you not sow good seed in your field?” They offer to go and remedy the situation–to gather [...]
July 21, 2008
Re-reading Hemingway…
Heading off to the shore last week, I went to my bookshelf to select some reading material. Scanning the options, my eyes settled on The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. I purchased the book in 1990 at a book fair when I was at EMU. It was like reconnecting with an old friend, who happens [...]
June 7, 2008
just an apprentice blog stats…
It is probably of little interest to anyone other than me, but I thought I would post the data for which posts on my blog have had the most views in the last year.
About
480
Christmas form letters…
464
On the life of the Trinity, mutual submi
436
A Christian pledge of allegiance…
389
Entrepreneurial church…
374
Supper at Emmaus
349
When you transplant a lilac bush…
347
Seek [...]
April 9, 2008
Obama’s faith…
Here is a short piece written by Peter J. Leithart, November 17, 2007
In the December issue of The Atlantic, Andrew Sullivan describes Barak Obama’s conversion. In an interview with Sullivan, Obama said, “I didn’t have an epiphany. What I really did was to take a set of values or ideals that were first instilled in [...]
October 15, 2007
The glass darkly…
I have found neither the time nor the will to blog lately. While I am trying to find the inspiration…I would recommend that you read some of the latest posts at The Glass Darkly.
Peace
