The Risk – July 21, 2022
“‘I am the gate,’ said Jesus. Following his way is often a matter of taking the chain off the post and crossing an unfamiliar field. You take the risk.” —Diana Butler Bass, Freeing Jesus, p. 200
Expanding the Rules – July 20, 2022
“Jesus did not issue rules to be ticked off on a list; Jesus embodied the rule of love, a way of life to be followed, and to be fully, completely human… As a teacher, Jesus is not contradicting Moses or demeaning other Jewish teachers. He is offering his interpretation of the law… Jesus does not replace. Jesus […]
Friendship – July 19, 2022
“Atheists sometimes ridicule Christians as having an ‘invisible friend’ [in Jesus]… We think friendship is juvenile, but it is not. Friendship may well be the hardest thing of all… it makes us different from the person we would be if we were alone, and, I daresay, it makes Jesus different as well… As Jesus risks […]
Who Are You? – July 18, 2022
“Paul’s first question intrigues me. He asked of Jesus, ‘Who are you?’ not ‘What are you doing?’ or ‘Why are you talking to me?’ ‘Who’ is a relational question, a question that opens us toward companionship, friendship, and perhaps even love…To know ‘who’ is an invitation into a relationship that can – if we let […]
