Posts from the ‘reflections’ Category
Jan 14
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thanksgiving at the cabin
Sometimes, thankfulness is an emotion. Other times, thankfulness is an act of the will. This year, I’m glad to say it’s the former.
We celebrated Thanksgiving simply, in a tiny, pinewood cabin. Read more
no present tense grace allowed
Why do we praise people who have a checkered past, but judge those with a checkered present?
Let’s be honest. Most of the time, IMs are for impromptu movie references and swapping LOLs.
But, every once in a while, you actually have a deep, useful instant message exchange that gives you an idea or helps you see something in a new way. I had one of those conversations with two friends this week….
That’s just my box talking: theology and creativity
Practically speaking, a lot of Christians think of theology like a box.
They think it forms the walls and lid for our minds and souls. The box shelters us from evil. Creativity — thinking outside the box — represents some kind of disruptive assault on all that is right and good.
We Christians have a hard time knowing when to be orthodox and when to be groundbreaking. There’s not much room for creativity when it comes to theology. It’s a set system. And that’s ok. But, it’s harmful to let our fixed theology calcify our minds.
The easy and lazy path is to be conservative in everything and fight change of every kind.
If you’re the kind of person that is threatend by change, I’m not judging you. I’m just inviting you to consider that you’re predisposition to favor the status quo (to be conservative) may be the function of other factors — your personality, your past experiences, your personal preferences.
In other words, if you don’t like Jackson Pollock, it’s not God’s fault. Read more
Oct 17
it is the road
“This life…is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it; the process is not finished but it is going on. This is not the end but it is the road… — Martin Luther
