Tag: paradox

  • The perfect length of beard

    The perfect length of beard

    The pursuit of the perfect beard is a false expectation. How we deal with self-sabotage and perfectionism, however, is the real work.

  • Wrestling with the wicked

    Wrestling with the wicked

    The parable of the wicked tenants challenges us to see in it more than the Passion, but of the actions we treat as inevitable.

  • The Absolutist

    The Absolutist

    When people speak in absolutes, they are defining the terms in the most extreme way possible. Rarely is it true.

  • Free Speech Never Is

    Free Speech Never Is

    The way we talk about free speech ignores its core paradox. We think we can simply ignore that freedom isn’t absolute.

  • The Paradox in the Force

    The Paradox in the Force

    Episode 33 of the Make Saints podcast

  • Believing in grace means living in grace.

    Believing in grace means living in grace.

    24. Christians should be taught that belief unused is unbelief and a damning of God’s generous mercy. Much of what passes for faith or Christian theology is not a profound truth, but a riddle. We aren’t being honest with each other or ourselves; we’re unwittingly playing a game of deception. What I mean by riddle…