Is there a thought, a story, an event, something you heard about or saw with your own eyes, that when you recall it, still makes you stop? Something that still fills you with child-like wow? Still makes you wonder, marvel, want to say, wait did that really happen? There is for me. It came around […]
Tag: Spirituality
This is the fifth of five blog posts exploring the question “what is the Gospel?” Not meant to be an exhaustive study, just a relevant one, we’ve looked at a number of New Testament passages. It might be useful, in thinking about the Gospel, to ask what is it for, or what it is the […]
This is the fourth of five blog posts asking the question “what is the Gospel?” We looked at passages from Paul, Peter and the writer of Hebrews. But do we have any good indication what Jesus himself understood the Gospel to be? Yes, we do. The Gospel of Luke contains a story that gives us […]
Over some years I had the privilege of spending quite a bit of time with Brennan Manning. He used to tell us something like this: some days all heaven wants from us is to show up and shut up. Brennan understands the dynamics of authentic spirituality and human frailty better than most. He recognizes that—no […]
So here’s how the story goes. A man becomes seriously ill to the point it’s life-threatening. His sisters are worried. They send an urgent message to a family friend who is a phenomenal teacher and healer. Come quickly. Please, it’s urgent. He doesn’t. The man dies. For four days Lazarus is dead. Since so few […]
