Tag Archives: Christ

Theological Mash-up

Background:  Last weekend, I was at “Hocus Pocus: The Pledge, Turn, and Prestige of Faith” with Peter Rollins and others.  This was  only the most recent of my explorations of our changing ecclesiology, but prompted me to offer these reflections.  It’s no secret that the nature of church is changing.   With it, the facesContinue reading “Theological Mash-up”

Racial Profiling and Me

It’s been interesting to hear the variety of responses to President Obama’s comments yesterday about race in America.  I was very proud to hear our President speak about the issue and to bring to America’s living room the all-too-frequent realities faced by our African-American brothers in particular.    Since his speech, many people have respondedContinue reading “Racial Profiling and Me”

Lenten Photo Discipline, Day 42 – Light

May the heavenly light that shines on us, also shine in us and through us. <b>Stained Glass Window Life, a retrospective reflection, Like a rare, turn of the century stained glass window. In due course, portions stained and sordid, Lacking true meaning and purpose. Yet just as the stained glass window, Life comes alive withContinue reading “Lenten Photo Discipline, Day 42 – Light”

Good Friday

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Picture Sources/Artists: Good Shepherd Icon:  http://www.ogs.net/ Water Into Wine:  http://jefmenguin.com/turn-water-into-wine/ Loaves and Fishes:   http://blueeyedennis-siempre.blogspot.com/2011/07/july-31st-july-2011-18th-sunday.html Footwashing:  http://holycreek-johnson.blogspot.com/ Buddy Christ:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Christ Crucifixion Picture: Salvador Dali

From the Margin to the Center (a meditative midrash on the nativity stories in the gospels of Matt and Luke)

It all began simply enough:  Boy meets girl… girl and boy become engaged.  Mary was betrothed to Joseph:  betrothal is a covenantal arrangement in which a couple are promised to one another in marriage.  As customary in first century Palestine, once the betrothal was settled, Mary left her family and moved into the home ofContinue reading “From the Margin to the Center (a meditative midrash on the nativity stories in the gospels of Matt and Luke)”