[This Summer I'm taking a few weeks off from writing on the blog to work on other writing projects. Taking a cue from my childhood TV watching, I thought I'd do some 'Summer Reruns' , revisiting some old series/posts that I haven't thought of for a while, starting with my Fall 2020 series, 'Sanctified Imagination'] … Continue reading Sanctified Imagination: Part 1 – Problems and Possibilities [Repost]
Humans are weird. Glorious theology of our creation in the image and likeness of God aside (for now), we seem to be a strange mashup of instincts and impulses that may very well have set us up for survival on the African savanna, but leave us woefully ill-prepared for life in our postmodern, postindustrial society. … Continue reading A Life That Fits: A Reflection on Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
I began this series on the Nicene Creed with two questions: What does the Creed say about the Christian God? And, What does this say about Christian spirituality? Today, as I wrap this series up, I’d like to bring the pieces together and see just what the road of faith the Creed maps out looks … Continue reading Amen.
The other day in this series on the Creed, we looked what it has to say about the Church, as the community of faith. Today we’ll look at the final three clauses of the Nicene Creed, which talk about the ways we participate in that community, in this life and the next (in what the … Continue reading Baptism, Resurrection, and the Coming Age
I was recently watching a documentary series on Meso-American history; the cultures of this region are famed for their monumental architecture, their science, and for their penchant for human sacrifice. While the latter was no surprise to me as I watched this series, I was surprised by the scale of it. It’s hard to know … Continue reading An End to Sacrifice: A Reflection on Genesis 22.1-14
