April 2012

...despite the high-falutinness of the term "spiritual direction", it's a lot more normal and natural than most people think.  Love this quote by the always clear-headed Eugene Peterson: Spiritual direction…

The text of Scripture has a funny way of being much more resilient than we'd like it to be.  It has riches to yield... but not cheaply.  Usually it yields…

Let us recount the journey: Aleph (vv. 1-8): the horizon is perfection Beth (vv. 9-16): the path is God’s gracious speech Gimel (vv. 17-24): the commitment to Yahweh’s “way” makes us by…

As always, we recap the journey the Psalmist has taken us on thus far: Aleph (vv. 1-8): the horizon is perfection Beth (vv. 9-16): the path is God’s gracious speech Gimel (vv.…

I first encountered Walter Brueggemann sometime during my last year of seminary.  He quickly became a favorite of mine...in particular, I had never - before or since - read anyone…

If anyone is in Christ -- it's all New Creation; the Old is gone, Behold! - the New has come.  - St. Paul As Christ, Jesus is the plane which…

Holy Saturday.  We stand at the threshold.  At the frontier.  One world has ended.  A new one is upon us. Holy Saturday.  A holy "pause" before the new creation comes…

"Behold the man" said Pontius Pilate, trotting out a scourged Jesus before the crowd... the crowd that called out in bloodthirsty rage for his execution. In its purest form, all…

(This is a re-post of my Maundy Thursday reflections from last year... enjoy!)