Jesus Year: What Does It Mean for Christ to Live in Your Heart?
Asking Jesus into your heart is a dead horse of a phrase that's been beaten by, I don't know how many clichés. It's one of the
Blog: God and the Tao
Jesus Year: Resurrection
One of the ideas I've always liked best about the story of Jesus's resurrection is that he didn't just die and then rise again after three arbitrary
Jesus Year: Crucifixion
The other day we went for a drive toward Mount Hood. I was feeling sick, so I stayed in the car when the family got
Jesus Year: Spring Equinox
Today is the equinox. This weekend is my birthday, my Jesus year: I will be 33 years old. It occurred to me that I could
Describe the Indescribable: Go
The other night, King Sturdy wasn't tired at bedtime because he'd had a late nap, and also because he was scared of the lion and
I Don’t Go in for Hierarchy
I've been reading the first few chapters of Touching Heaven the last few days, and there's something in it that sticks in my craw. In
Self-assertion Started It
On page 11, the Oxford summarized the book of Genesis this way: "Genesis ... contains two major parts: the primeval history ... which tells how human self-assertion brought the world to the brink of destruction; and the history of Israel's ancestors."
Ask Me if I Care
This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust
It’s Personal
On page 12 of Going Home, Thich Nhat Hanh said this: When we ask, 'Is God a person or is God not a person,' we get
Life Unknown
This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust