Theology must be connected to our selves.
“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another.”
― Thomas Merton, Love and Living
Tiny Bubbles
I attended a meeting last night of the music department at a church I sometimes help out at during big holidays. They have an annual (well, only two years so far) cookout at the director’s home. He asked several questions which piqued my theological antennae. First, what was your mountain top moment for the year?…
2/19/2017 Sermon
Matthew 5:38-48 Before I begin the gospel reading, I believe we need some context for this part of the Sermon on the Mount. First, the old saying “an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind” was not always so famous. For ancient Israelites, this meant a defined end to what could’ve been decades of blood…
Finding my Pneumatology
From the beginning of the Scriptures, the Holy Spirit was an active participant in creation as an active and dynamic force of wind hovering over the waters of primordial earth (Gen 1:2). This dynamic force of wind took many forms throughout the Tanakh, including the burning fire inside Jeremiah’s bones (Jer 20:9) as well as…
Embodied Theology 