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April 2022

April 13, 2022

Holy Week and Temple Worship

Going Up In Mark 11, Jesus goes up to Jerusalem. It’s odd: the text repeats...

April 08, 2022

The Paradox of the Palms

On the eve of Holy Week, I’m noticing the ho-hum way Mark’s triumphal entry account...

April 06, 2022

Denys and the Unknown God

The most mysterious of all the church fathers is a man whose identity we only...

March 2022

March 26, 2022

Farming and Salvation

"At Plainsong Farm, God is remaking Christianity. And we get to be part of that."...

March 23, 2022

Cyril of Alexandria and Divine Humiliation

The Humiliation of the Son of God “What kind of descent into humiliation is that?”...

March 19, 2022

Augustine’s God of Motion

“But I am struggling to return from this far country by the road he has...

March 04, 2022

Reading Israel’s Scriptures

I wrote earlier about the Transfiguration of Christ as an unveiling of what God experiences...

February 2022

February 28, 2022

A Boring Apocalypse: What Does God Experience When I Pray?

Prayer is boring In Luke chapter 9, Jesus goes up a mountain to pray as...

February 09, 2022

The Easter Faith of Stephen Colbert

In an interview last week on CBS’s The Late Show, British singer Dua Lipa took...

February 05, 2022

The Mystery of God, or, When Bad Theology is Good Theology

“Our great mystery is in danger of being made a thing of little moment.” -Gregory...

January 2022

January 26, 2022

Athanasius and the Intimacy within God

In the early 4th century, after imperial edicts ended official Roman persecution of Christians at...

January 19, 2022

Irenaeus and the Slow Love of God

“He appeared as human in the fulness of time, and, being God’s Word, he summed...

December 2021

December 26, 2021

But Seriously: A Virgin Birth?

OK Christmas, can we talk about the Virgin Birth? After our recent Advent service of...

December 22, 2021

Why are So Many Christmas Carols Sad?

Why do so many Advent and Christmas carols feel sad? Also: why does that make...

December 15, 2021

Subjectivity is Truth: Returning to Kierkegaard

“Subjectivity is truth.” That is the famous and famously cryptic sentence at the heart of...

December 04, 2021

What is Heaven?

A quick scan of the Bible gives us several ways of understanding the term “heaven.”...

December 01, 2021

The Thrill of Mary the Godbearer

In this first week of Advent, I'm contemplating Mary the Godbearer. All who celebrate Christmas...

October 2021

October 30, 2021

Tolstoy’s Bold Theology

“I couldn’t paint a Christ that was not in my soul.” -Mikhailov, in Tolstoy’s Anna...

September 2021

September 28, 2021

Human Energy, Divine Revelation

Where should we look if we wish to see the hand of God at work?...