Jesus: Financial Advisor
Last Sunday I had the privilege to preach on Luke 16:1-13, that puzzling parable about a house-manager who seems to be giving away his master’s money when he is fired.…
The One Who Helps Us to Mature
This is a continuation of the discussion started in the post titled The One Who Walks in the Garden. There are, of course, other ways to look at the second…
The One Who Walks in the Garden
Once human beings became conscious of the world, we did very little for 180,000 years. We were hunter-gatherers who worked for about three hours a week and used only about…
Covenant in Jephthah’s Story: Judges 10:6 – 12:7
Artwork: Pat Berger, Jephthah's Daughter, 1991, oil & oil sticks on canvas. As I look through the lens of covenant to view my life and my faith, a question arises.…
A Reflection on Job by our own Sam Christopher, Beloved in the Desert intern
Artwork: Marc Chagall, Job Disconsolate You fearful saints, fresh courage take; The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break In blessing on your head Dear…
An Introduction to Christian “Midrash”
The Bible is a conversation. Soon after my ordination, I tried to illustrate this during a sermon by having two Drama majors who were sitting in the pews read out…