Currently Reading:
Flickr Photos
Category Archives: Faith
“High Noon in the Valley of the Shadow”
This one gets me every time.
The Silence of Holy Saturday
It’s been an interesting Holy Saturday. Here a few hours out from the turn of Saturday into Sunday, I’m mindful of the strange silence of the day in the biblical story. On Thursday, before the break of Good Friday, my … Continue reading
The Good Friday “Therefore”
Today’s lectionary reading from the New Testament was one I should’ve seen coming. Beyond the account of Abraham and Isaac and the suffering servant of Isaiah and the crucifixion scene from John we are given a chuck from the New … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Life in the Fifth Act
Leave a comment
“As If Paul Really Meant It”
I’ve been thinking a lot about church lately, for as many reasons as there are days in a week, really. I’ve also been doing a slow re-read of N. T. Wright’s After You Believe, which isn’t about church life in … Continue reading
The Basic Question of the Benedict Option
I finished Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option. As a friend recently said: if you’ve been reading Dreher’s blog for a while, you totally know what you’re getting in this book. The only thing that really stood out from the book-version … Continue reading
Dovetailing Dreher and Smith
The last couple of weeks have brought a number of reactions to Rod Dreher’s eagerly-awaited book on conservative Christians in contemporary culture, The Benedict Option. For many, it’s been an interesting litmus test for where particular “personalities” in the Christian … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Books, Faith, Teaching
Tagged James K A Smith, Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option
Leave a comment
“Now Is the Time”
The New Testament reading from tonight’s Ash Wednesday service: We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Faith, Scripture
Leave a comment
The Road to Lent (Begins Atop a Mountain)
The season of Lent is almost upon us. The season of fasting in order to prepare for the joy of Easter follows Ash Wednesday, a day where ashes are imposed on a believer’s forehead with the words “Remember that you … Continue reading
Anticipation and Participation
For years I was taught to see the kingdom of God as that which is now-but-not-yet. It’s one of those teachings with tension, pointing to a reality as frustrating as it is fulfilling. One of the best articulators of this … Continue reading
Not Enough
One day I’m going to string together various recordings of Caedmon’s Call performances, but it is not this day. This day I am tired, ready for bed, and feeling like this classic Caedmon’s is totally appropriate.
Space Enough, and Time 