“I refuse to be intimidated by reality anymore. What is reality? Nothing but a collective hunch?” ~ Lily Tomlin “Seeing is of course very much a matter of verbalization.” ~ Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek “All the world is window. No material is opaque. If we are willing to see– people, circumstances, situations, relationships– […]
“I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” ~ Galatians 2.19-20, NRSV We call ourselves baptized […]
You are not a box to be filled or checked off. You are not even a box to be unpacked. We are not social storage spaces, comprised of historical memories and future plans. Our humanity cannot be contained by cardboard, human will or public opinion because we cannot be folded neatly, labeled and put away. […]
I appreciate technology and while I understand that some persons cannot live without it, I do not agree. I understand its importance, the ways in which it connects and advances us. But, while a fan, I have not joined the crowd. My vision is not blurred by the size of the crowd. I can also […]
“The church’s task is not to keep inventing new gospels, new theologies, new moralities and new Christianities, but rather to be a faithful guardian of the one and only eternal gospel. For the self- revelation of God has reached its completion in his Son Jesus Christ and in the apostolic witness to Christ preserved in […]