February 2010
13 posts
Carolyn
Her Jeep’s top was off as we drove to the movies. It was the premier of Harry Potter and we we’re stoked. As the lights dimmed she grabbed my hand in excitement, I told her she was being gay, and then we laughed because her girlfriend sat next to me. The Harry Potter music started playing and the theater was dead silent. She screamed, “I love you Harry!” ...
Feb 25th
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“When people say that the authority of Scripture or the centrality of Jesus is in...”
Feb 16th
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“Everything created by God, including every bird, every beast and every plant, is...”
– Letter to the Romans, (8v22-24)
Feb 15th
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“The first thing we have to give up in order to understand the wisdom of the...”
– Peter Rollins
Feb 14th
Feb 11th
“Masculinity is an attempt to justify fighting for one’s own way rather than...”
Feb 9th
Feb 5th
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“If a story doesn’t have negative turns, it’s not an interesting...”
– D. Milly
Feb 5th
...mind, shredded... →
Feb 4th
Freedom
Some thoughts on freedom… It is through resurrection from death on a cross that freedom is found. Freedom is not found through America, redemptive violence or religion. Freedom does not have to be fought for, it has already been won. Freedom is not a political slogan but a Kingdom way of living. Freedom is not self-righteous exclusion but is inclusive forgiveness. Freedom is a...
Feb 3rd
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“Prayer is actually setting out a tuning fork. All you can really do in the...”
– Richard Rohr
Feb 3rd
home
Numbers 14:21 says that this earth will one day be completely full of God’s presence. Isaiah 45:18 says that God created this earth good and created it to be inhabited. Habukuk 2:15 says God’s full presence will cover the earth as the waters do the sea. Jesus speaks of a present Kingdom on earth. Paul describes the redemption of all creation. John, in his revelation, tells us of...
Feb 3rd
“I don’t dialogue with the just war tradition because I think it is credible, but...”
– John Howard Yoder
Feb 1st