Disorder and Imperfection – May 2, 2022
“The most amazing fact about Jesus, unlike almost any other religious founder, is that he found God in disorder and imperfection — and told us that we must do the same or we would never be content on this earth… The struggle to forgive reality for being exactly what it is right now often breaks us through […]
Set Me Free – Feb. 2, 2022
“There’s a popular misconception that religion, Christianity specifically, is about knowing the difference between good and evil so that we can choose the good. But being good has never set me free the way truth has.” –Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint, chap. 7
Sunday Worship – June 25, 2021
“The primary effect of Sunday worship is insertion into community. At least in my socio-economic class, persons are increasingly alone, eating at the microwave, commuting by oneself, watching one’s favorite programs alone on one of the household TVs. I hear that bowling as a hobby continues strong, but that membership in bowling clubs is down. […]
Both-And – June 23, 2021
“I am upheld by the realization that religion is a communal vision. I am not, my prairie mother’s notions notwithstanding, alone with my Bible facing a cyclone. The community was and is both male and female. My teachers were women and men, the authors I read women and men, the saints before me were both […]
