I was 33 when Jesus sandbagged me. Looking back, I can see that he had been sneaking up on me for quite a while, but at the time I never saw him coming. I had a...
It’s a very odd story. Matthew records that Jesus gets deep into conversation with Moses and Elijah (v. 3). It’s a relationship matter and one we should value more in our current society of only staring at our cell phones. The footnotes of my Study Bible mention that in “God’s ...
In a world that says everyone owes me, the Bible teaches a principle that releases blessing and it’s the principle of generosity. Again, the principles of God’s word are vastly superior to the ways of the world. Here’s short list of what I believe it takes to be set apart and ult...
The story is about Israel after Pharaoh let them go–just before they were about to cross the Red Sea. Pharaoh changed his mind deciding to chase God’s chosen nation, “What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services!” (14:5). Soon thereafter, he foll...
to have them carry me into my story, the words that remain, my old story, which I’ve forgotten, far from here, through the noise, through the door, into the silence, that must be it, it’s too late, perhaps it’s too late, perhaps they have, how would I know, in the silence...
We were now ready to step away from Hopkins’ intensities – into a short walk around the gardens, then lunch. Those who wanted a writing exercise were invited to pick a focus outside of themselves and exhaust their powers of language in trying to capture it in all its dimensions. ...
I appreciate short chapters and avoid books over 500 pages. On the other hand, some of my favorite “books” are one long story published as a set that I happily read straight through without pause. Favorites that come to mind are Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels; Sigrid Undset’s ...
But, before I headed out the door for work on Monday morning, I scanned the 60 Minutes transcript--and read the Sunday Times of London story about the monks' diet! Now here's a story to share! Thanks so much, Gael! I agree with Gael on this one. Sure the story of these Orthodox...
In short, things here are going really well! There are periodic dips or scares (e.g. “holy sh**, is Syria going to launch an attack and where do I get a gas mask?!”), but they’ve been nothing more than scares of the moment and then life carries on. I certainly don’t have...
105–6). If so, we would expect to see, in the Bible, some of the very many occurrences of YHWH’s anger explicitly associated with short nostrils (ʾapayīm) and rapid breathing. No such linkage, however, exists. In texts reporting the stimulation of YHWH’s intervention through the ...