Commitment to Relationships This beatitude shows that one of God’s core values is a commitment to relationships. God’s desire is…
Category: Teaching
An Analogy An analogy that I commonly appeal to with regard to the Christian life is the notion of sight-seeing…
Two Kinds of Mercy There are two forms of mercy: what we might call “active” and “passive”. Active mercy involves…
Fullness and Privation Nobody who is full will be hungry, nor will anyone who has had enough to drink be…
Sometimes I think my role in life is to be a kind of walking dictionary. Having poetic pretensions, both in…
The Last Guy Back in the ’60s, Arlo Guthrie did a song called “The Pause of Mr. Claus.” In the…
Introduction to the Beatitudes
The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) is a high point in the teaching of Jesus. While the primary reason…
Recently my wife bought a huge hunk of brisket. I guess it was 15 pounds or so. I cut it…
Recently I read a blog post about someone who had an epiphany. He was driving through a “rich” neighborhood in…