A Lifestyle – Aug. 4, 2022
Christianity is a lifestyle — a way ofbeing in the world that is simple,non-violent, shared, and loving.However, we made it into anestablished “religion” (and all thatgoes with that) and avoided thelifestyle change itself. One could bewarlike, greedy, racist, selfish, andvain in most of Christian history, andstill believe that Jesus is one’s“personal Lord and Savior.”The world […]
You Are Loved – Aug. 3, 2022
When Jesus talks about faith,he means first of all totrust unreservedly thatyou are loved,so that you canabandon everyfalse way of obtaining it. —Henri Nouwen , from Letters to Marc About Jesus
Embodied Faith – July 22, 2022
“Bodies are messy. Birth is messy. Unpredictable, dangerous even. You can pretty it up by talking about a virgin birth, thereby undermining both Mary’s sexuality and the real physical pain of bringing a baby into the world. But the truth of the matter is that Mary was a real woman, and Jesus a real baby […]
Tone Matters
When I told a dear female friend of mine that I was writing a reflection on Luke 10:38,* she rolled her eyes. “You mean where he scolds Martha for doing housework?” she asked with a sigh. “C’mon, Jesus. Really?” I’d been turning the Luke passage over in my mind for a week now, looking up […]
