Relax, and Go
I see in myself a holding back. I see in myself a constriction, an inability to relax and experience … a fear. Of what am I afraid? That if I let go, nothing will be. That if …
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Christianity was Young Once
This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust the reader to dig up the context if the meaning …
Canon is Community Food
This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust the reader to dig up the context if the meaning …
So Say Yes
I have found a key. Nothing is ever lost. When the stomach flu racks your body or death disintegrates you or you’re born or born again or you fall in love or lose a leg, …
My New Family
This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust the reader to dig up the context if the meaning …
Radical Disciples
This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust the reader to dig up the context if the meaning …
When the Prophets Railed
This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust the reader to dig up the context if the meaning …
The Whole Tao
If the Tao is the way, I don’t know that it’s the whole way. In the voice of his character Seymour, J. D. Salinger pointed out that religion hinges on detachment but poetry on passion, and …
Writing Naturally
This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust the reader to dig up the context if the meaning …
Marduk and Tiamat Didn’t Work it Out
In the beginning there was freshwater Apsu of the abyss and saltwater Tiamat of the deep. Later, when the gods came to exist, Tiamat and Apsu conspired against them until Marduk, patron of Babylon, fought …