This time doesn't even have a real name. Most denominations agree on Christmas, Easter, and even Pentecost - the Big Three. But there's Ordinary Time, Normal Time, maybe even Trinity Season (which is what my church calls it).
firstfruits
they told me they didn’t want my blood.
the ink (got up north, then carried south,
words carved deep into my heart over winter
etched fresh on skin before
rendered me unwanted by more than a few
Still Human
You’ll find stories that are far less concerned with gadgets than they are with the mind and soul of man.
Whether We Like it Or Not
As a
The Glaring God
While most people see the white baptismal gown and the godparents who would probably rather be having breakfast at some cozy diner, I see a heated exchange between the Lamb of God and the morbid angel.
Restoring the "Natural" Tracks
Infant baptism, in part, looks to redeem the created order that God established in Adam. Were sin to not have entered into the world there would be no distinction between a child’s growth in godliness and their “natural” growth as a human (both physically and psycho-socially)
Book Review: An Introduction to Biblical Ethics
Churches interested in Bible Study or Sunday School material will love the format, discussion questions, and overall tone of the David Jones.
Finding Our Place in God's Story Through Liturgy
Rather, than zooming
Flawless Illusions
"You think so? Illusions are dangerous people. They have no flaws."
wild life
A few years prior to that, some people had trespassed up there, built a dirtbike track, and planted some, um, alternative crops. This town is pretty rural and there's a lot of open space, so you have to assume a great deal of that goes on.
Pay Me To Drink Alcohol
For a solid couple of hours the world stood still and people existed solely to entertain each other.
Against Prisons
Think about it. If someone breaks into your house, steals your television, and then is caught, would you not rather the person repay you for the television than you pay for the person’s incarceration via taxation?
The Biggest Fallacy of American Soccer
The question is not about whether our best athletes are being drawn to other sports, the question is whether American children are touching a soccer ball outside of organized practices and games. Unfortunately, in most cases the answer is “no.”
Tom Bombadil and the Christian Life
Jesus once said that whoever believes in him with overflow with rivers of living water (John 7:38). Bombadil is this type of character. The typical modern man is like a void or a vacuum: hoping to fill itself with something. Bombadil is like a spring or a river: full and simultaneously filling those around him.
Forgetting What We Never Knew
They will not remember, but they will not be the same. They are real, whole, and complete people. Being able to remember is not the defining element of time being important. They are changing. They are growing. They are being disciplined. They are developing rather funny personalities.
home is where the plants are
Even today, as I write this, my new plumber just told me the
The New Testament Tells the End of the Story
The Old and New Testaments build on and relate to each other as much as the chapters of a really good book; even more so actually. Thus, if we are to understand both testaments as we should, we need to be intimately acquainted with both, not just the New.
Baptism Belongs to the Church
Families are never authorities over other parents. Thus, the baptism of one family's conviction can not be binding on another. If it is merely preference than it cannot be binding. Parents are never the entity that determines the doctrinal demands of other families. Only the church can do that.
Real Anarchy
The difference between an anarchist and their opponent in this situation is not that an anarchist wants chaos and their opponent
A False Hermeneutic of Love
"Love" is not something we are given apart from Jesus Christ. Neither is it something we can give apart from Christ. Love in us is our emulation of God's love.