Field notes on our life in God after Christendom
God of Wisdom, who led your people in the wilderness with a cloud by day and a fire by night, grant us clarity of mind to know what is best to do, and courage of heart to do it, that we may rest in the goodness of living in your will, through Jesus Christ our Good Shepherd. Amen.
On the first day of the week, in the deep dawnlight, dew drenching garment hems and washing weary feet,they tumbled toward the tomb - breath stolen, hope all gone, joy an evanescing echo, their limbs … [Continue reading] about Dawnlight
I was at a workshop led by Pádraig Ó Tuama today, and he said two paradigm-shifting things I wanted to remember. One is a personal maxim he tries to live by (pardon the salty language): Do good.Don't be a dick.Take no shit. "All three parts … [Continue reading] about Two Things Can Be True
Do you think I eat the flesh of bulls,or drink the blood of goats? Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgivingand make good your vows to the Most High. Whoever offers me the sacrifice of thanksgiving honors me;but to those who keep in my way will … [Continue reading] about Salvation is a Way
This is not meant to be a comprehensive theology of inspiration, of course, but it occurred to me that, as we read the Scriptures and think about what God is saying about himself to us through them, that two things can be true at the same … [Continue reading] about How God Speaks Through the Scriptures