I think I have always been fascinated by imagination. When I was a teenager, it seemed to be the element that separated the true artists, musicians, poets, and writers from the rest of us. It was a quality that transcended mere talent and hard work. It was mysterious. When I listened to the singer/songwriters of my time, like James Taylor, Paul Simon, Jackson Browne, and … [Read more...] about A More Spacious Vision
THE GEOMETRY OF PRAYER
“All prayer is social. We discover this when we pray for others.”1 I have a friend who has endured many operations. He bears the scars of the expeditions surgeons have made deep within his body. A liver transplanted, heart valves repaired, cleaned, and adjusted, ducts cleansed, fevers abated, numbness cancelled and, on top of everything else, a conflagration of COVID. He has … [Read more...] about THE GEOMETRY OF PRAYER
A Scandal We Can Live For
He was in the form of God, but did not think to seize on the right to be equal to God . . . being born in the likeness of a human being; and being found in the guise of a human being, he humiliated himself and was obedient to the death, death on the cross. Philippians 2:7-8, Richmond Lattimore, translator Every life that begins points forward to a death, a truth we … [Read more...] about A Scandal We Can Live For
On Losing Your Life
Whoever looks to secure his life for himself will lose it, but whoever loses it will bring it to life.” (Luke 17:33) Jesus’ words to his students are puzzling. The broader context of these verses is about disaster so sudden and devastating that people working in their fields must not return to their homes. Today, it would be drone strikes and rockets launched into … [Read more...] about On Losing Your Life
DOWN BY THE RIVER
“But to come to some understanding of God, we must let the story question us… When we write, we should become a question to ourselves.”1 Part way through the thirtieth semester he rebelled. Quietly. He wondered who he thought he was and why he was advising students how to live their lives. He wondered if they believed him. When they bent over their notes or looked at him … [Read more...] about DOWN BY THE RIVER