March 2012

I am an incurable "Bible guy." I love dogmatic and historical theology.  And I love "talking shop" with other people who love those things. But nothing gives me joy like…

2 Timothy.  A favorite of mine.  From a "father" (Paul) to a "son" (Timothy). An old Paul, grizzled and weatherbeaten, imprisoned, standing at the threshold of life's end.  He has…

I took a break from our Hebrews series at Bloom last night to give a talk on something that I think is crucially important for our growth - experiences of disillusionment.…

The Jewish scholar Abraham Heschel wrote a book in the last century called "The Sabbath".  A marvelous book which I'd highly encourage you to read... richly suggestive for Christian thought…

A friend of mine recently posted this interview on facebook: Eugene Peterson on Sabbath It's an hour long interview between Eugene Peterson and Gabe Lyons which focuses on the role…

A passage that has always moved me...  6 this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a teacher well versed in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of…

Earlier this year, through a whole pile of experiences, it seemed to me that the Lord was speaking to me about re-imagining the whole way that I think about my…