While I was working on my message for this past weekend, "When Trouble Comes" from James 1:1-18, I was also reading Brian Zahnd's newer book The Wood Between the Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross. Zahnd's description of how Jesus' crucifixion opens us to the presence of Christ with us at all times, even …
Divine Justice and the Vulnerable: insights from Nicholas Wolterstorff
In my message this past weekend at Eastbrook, "The One Who Brings Justice," I mentioned God's preferential care for the poor, the widow, the orphan, and the foreigner, what is often referred to as "the quartet of the vulnerable." Here is an insightful piece on this topic from Nicholas Wolterstorff's book, Justice: Rights and Wrongs. A …
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The Joys of Reading Aloud
Last week as part of a series of posts reflecting on my sabbatical, I shared my reading list for that three-month journey. Amidst that list of books, there were several accompanied by this little comment in parentheses: "a read-aloud with Kelly." I didn't think much of that, since my wife, Kelly, and I have been …
Sabbatical Reading List
Sometimes, people ask me what I read, and I think that could be the case on sabbatical. So, although I am less inclined to think of my reading as the most important part of my sabbatical than I might have before, here is what I read while on the sabbatical. This is a sort of …
“Little children, love one another”: Jerome on John the Apostle
This quotation is taken from Jerome's commentary on Galatians, chapter 6, verse 10: The blessed John the Evangelist lived in Ephesus until extreme old age. His disciples could barely carry him to church and he could not muster the voice to speak many words. During individual gatherings he usually said nothing but, “Little children, love …
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