Having Enemies
Most of us will admit that there are parts of the Bible we skip over – all the “begats,” particularly dry parts of Leviticus, the confusing imagery of Revelation. But I pay pretty close attention to the gospels, which is why it was surprising that this brief vignette at the beginning of today’s passage* was […]
Part of Everything – May 27, 2021
“Our task is to drop our hostility and our estrangement from the creation and to begin to rest in it. To connect with it. To give it our friendship. Our work is to nurture creation, and to be nurtured by it. To meet God through it.” –Gordon Cosby, Seized by the Power of a Great […]
Longings – June 23, 2020
“Our culture is hostile only to the inauthentic living of the gospel. It sniffs out hypocrisy everywhere and knows when Christians aren’t taking seriously, what Jesus took seriously. It is, by and large, hostile to the right things. It actually longs to embrace the gospel of inclusion and nonviolence, of compassionate love and acceptance. Even […]
