REST AND JOY
This is surely a good time to claim Jeremiah 31:25: “For I have given rest to the weary and joy to the sorrowing.” We have […]
November 2021
THE HALL OF NO-FAME
How many of our brothers and sisters are in the Hall of No-Fame? Most. One of the long remembered no-famers is Anna the Prophetess. Just […]
AT TINKER CREEK
Annie Dillard wrote in ‘Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,’ “We wake, if we ever wake at all, to mystery, rumors of death, beauty, violence… “Seem like […]
CHASE YOUR OWN TAIL THEOLOGY
To chase one’s own tail means to do something futile, being very busy doing something that will not lead to any achievement This is the type […]
CAN KICKING THEOLOGY
Another popular approach to things of faith is what I call Can Kicking Theology. The term to Kick the Can Down the Road means ‘to […]
ROCK SKIPPING THEOLOGY
Skipping rocks on a pond as theology has two major practices. The origin and much of contemporary rock skipping is competitive to see who can […]
FOR SUCH A TIME
The familiar verse from the Book of Ester says, “For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father’s house will […]
EGGING ME ON
All eggs in one basket is… syncretism.One egg in two baskets is… scrambled.Two baskets and two eggs is… separated. One egg in one basket is… […]
PRAYER IS CHILDISH
Fredrick Buechner, pastor and author wrote concerning prayer, “In a way, “childish” is the very word to describe it. A child has not made up his […]