Jesus’ Gameplan
Jesus spent less time honing his skills than he did connecting with the Father, less time learning how to be “creative” and more time alone in the scriptures. When people…
Three Attitudes Towards Creation
In almost twenty years as a pastor I’ve come across three major attitudes toward Creation. There are some who feel the earth belongs to God and we should leave it…
in:God:ed
Now the seed of God is in us. The seed of a pear tree grows into a pear tree; the seed of a hazel tree grows into a hazel tree. The seed of God grows into God. Meister Eckhart, 14th C German 1heologian For He was made man that we might be made God; and He manifested Himself by a body that we might receive the idea of the Unseen Father; and He endured the insolence of men that we might inherit immortality. St. Athanasius, 3rd C Bishop of Alexandria My wife is a big fan of two special words. Other men have wives with special words – I love you, you are my honeybear, my sexypants, etc…Carmel’s special words are these: So what? So what if we’re idols of God? So what if we’re the prophetic antithesis to corrupt Mesopotamian imperialism? So what if we can dissect the qualities of the imago dei? So what does this mean in real life? In order for anyone to see God’s idol – to know that they are in the Kingdom God has created, that they are in the Presence of God – we have to clear away all of the stuff that keeps it hidden. That clearing away consists of persistent repentance and spiritual attentiveness. We must always be asking the…
You can’t be anyone but yourself
You can’t be anyone but yourself. At best you might become a B+ imitation, but the people around you will always feel like you’re sporting a facade. Because you are….
What you do flows from who you are
Before you begin in any ministerial capacity—before you even ask what you should be doing, or how you should be doing it, or with whom—you need to understand that what…
Making it right
How do you make right the unintended, unforeseen, unwanted consequences of your sin? Well, you need to first acknowledge that – while you cannot control or even take responsibility for…
Iconoclasm
The only way God wants himself represented to the world is through you. All the idol-smashing (or iconoclasm) in the Bible – every instance where the Hebrews are instructed to…
MYTHOS
Once upon a time… A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… In the beginning… These words have a mythic quality to them, don’t you think?…
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