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wading into the weeds
Jesus’s parable of the weeds among the wheat challenges us to see evil in the desire to pluck weeds when we know it’ll kill the wheat.
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The Righteous Among the Nations
Remembering those who stood against evil and saved thousands of lives in the Holocaust is essential to saving lives today. “The Righteous Gentiles”John 19:10-15 I recently took a short course on the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer is most known for his challenging view of Christian discipleship and for his participation in the plot to…
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It’s about change
In telling a parable about seeds and soil, Jesus invites us to transform our vision of the world from permanent division to open possibility.
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Revealed to Us
Apocalyptic scripture gives us a window into an alternate vision of reality – not in destruction, but in revealing ours as the wrong path. apocalypse and the language of changeMatthew 24:1-14 What do we do with this? Jesus gets apocalyptic in this reading. In ancient Hebrew communities, the apocalyptic was a literary form—it’s like reading…
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An odd idea of rest
Jesus offers us rest – through transformation. Rest from the swirling chaos, confusion, and dissatisfaction with a simple idea: change it.
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The Presence of Good
The gospel is always social. It is the tangible intersection of faith and action: of belief and the active living into a life of wholeness and hope.
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Listening within the chaos
What does it really mean that Jesus comes with a sword to bring division? We first need to realize we’re looking at our own world wrong.
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Human Nature, Part 2
What does it mean to be human? In part 1, we explored the idea we call “original sin,” with a particular interest in its limitations. Now let’s explore what a broader view of human nature looks like. Questions What are some of the one-sided assumptions people make about human nature? Which ones do you tell…
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