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Missing Out
In the famous story of Thomas and belief, we get to wrestle with our sense of witness. And how we come to believe.
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Limits of Power / Limits of Belief
For SundaySixth Sunday after Pentecost Collect O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to you with our whole heart, and united to one another with pure affection; through Jesus Christ our Lord,…
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When your principle is to have a principle, you don’t have one.
I’m begging you to start with your principles. Your actual principles. As in the stuff you actually believe in.
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Everyday Heroes
Nicodemus comes to him because he saw the signs, because he believes, because he wants something more, something only Jesus can give.
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Does Jesus Jump the Shark?
Sometimes the problem isn’t whether to read the Bible literally or metaphorically. It’s the asking us to pick which distorts the point. Jesus gets gross with the bread of life. Proper 15B | John 6:51-58 To be honest, I don’t actually remember the episode. It was so long ago, but I’m sure I’ve seen it.…
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Being Present
While Easter stories rely on the absence of Jesus in the empty tomb, they also establish the presence of Jesus with the apostles to be the presence of Christ for each other. Easter and the returning presence of Jesus Easter 3B | Luke 24:36b-48 When someone tells me they like the prequels to Star Wars,…
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Immediately
Mark’s gospel uses the word “immediately” a lot. But what if it isn’t literal or a figure of speech? What if the evangelist is getting us to see beyond our reality–to where the kin-dom already is? How the immediacy of Jesus reveals the presence of the kin-dom Epiphany 4B | Mark 1:21-28 Time travel. It’s…
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Belief Is More Than What You Think
16. The unembodied faith of the mind is a prison, ensnaring the souls of all people, even God! Faith is not the contents of your mind. Despite what many of the faithful demand of each other. Or what the faithless think we believe. Belief isn’t a set of words or rational arguments. Faith isn’t a statement…