The way this story unfolded sounds strikingly similar to one of Jesus’ parables where those looking for “what’s fair” are disappointed, while those who perceive the abundant grace are blessed. See below: The Perfect Game That was...
read moreAn excerpt from Ruthless Trust by Brennan Manning: The late Karl Rahner insisted, “In the days ahead, you will be a mystic, ie, one who has experienced God, or nothing at all. If Christianity is merely an ethic, a moral code, or a philosophy of life, it will not withstand the incursion of suffering. The graced experience of the divine kabod (Hebrew for ‘glory’) is not...
read moreAfter Elijah offers some strong words to King Ahab (1 Kings 17), God tells Elijah to live in wilderness. There, God provides for Elijah via Ravens. Ravens! Ravens, we’re told, bring food to Elijah for as God said, that is “what I have commanded” (1 Kings 17:4). What do you make of that? Eugene Peterson offers this:”God’s providence is never characterized in...
read more“If I have a hope it’s that God sat over the dark nothing and wrote you and me, specifically, into the story, and put us in the sunset and rainstorm as though to say, Enjoy your place in my story. The beauty of it means you matter, and you can create within it even as I have created you… To know there is a better story for your life and to choose something other is like choosing...
read moreThe following articles came out in April – one from the New Yorker, the other from the Wall Street Journal. Check them out. They make great conversation partners as they speak to major issues of today like the Catholic sex scandal, terrorism, and the remnant guilt of colonialism. More profoundly, they explore themes of humility, guilt, and speaking truth when no one is...
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