"When people wanted (Jesus) to tell them what God's realm was like, he told them stories of their own lives. When people wanted (Jesus) to tell them God's truth about something, he asked them what they thought. With all kinds of opportunities to tell people what to think, he told them what to do instead. […]

Heard this quote this afternoon and laughed out loud: "One of the greatest theological questions of our time is, 'What in the Sam Hill is going on around here?'" (Annie Dillard)

I have tried writing posts the last few weeks, and have ended up deleting them all. I use words all the time. Using words to talk about God and life and faith is what I do. And then, usually at the end of a long run of preaching and teaching, my words dry up. And […]

I have been quiet lately. It is hard to know what to say in the face of another mass murder in our country. It is hard to know what to say in the face of our toxic political culture. It is hard to know what to say in light of all the yapping going on, […]

And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith. (Soren Kierkegaard)

always be open (by e.e. cummings) may my heart always be open to little birds who are the secrets of living whatever they sing is better than to know and if men should not hear them men are old   may my mind stroll about hungry and fearless and thirsty and supple and even if […]