• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google Pain and Contentment in Philippians What does Paul have to say about anxiety? What does he have to say about following Jesus during painful seasons? Is it possible to find contentment in the midst of it all? What if love is worth the embrace of pain? Paul shows us …
Repurposed for Peace: Christmas, Crucifixion & Reconciliation
• 2 Minute Read They shall beat swords into plowshares, and spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, [nor] learn war anymore. Isaiah 2.4 (NRSV) I have a bottle topper that says: “Recycled from disarmed nuclear weapon systems.” Its opposite reads: “Make wine not war.” Whether you drink wine or …
The Good Friday Agreement: What Peace in Ireland Can Teach Us About Peace on Earth
• 4 Minute Read On my commute home this evening I was listening to the Fundamentalists podcasts hosted by Peter Rollins in which he mentioned an event called ‘the Belfast Agreement’ or because of the day it was signed, ‘The Good Friday Agreement.’ This was an agreement signed Good Friday, April 10, 1998 that …
Whose Fault is This? (Jesus, Scapegoats, Good & Evil)
• 5 Minute Read I wanted to share something from a Jesus story that has come to mean a lot to me. This particular story happens like many stories of Jesus… he never seems to be looking for trouble, but how he engages with it always seems to lead to controversy. The story is …
What Does God’s Glory Look Like? (Isaiah and Jesus)
• 4 Minute Read God is Holy. God is Glorious. God is robed in Splendour. All facts. All true. All hard for me to wrap my finite human mind around. And maybe that’s the point. Maybe we simply aren’t supposed to understand this aspect of God. At the same time. Our knowledge and understanding …
Toward a Clearer Definition of “Spiritual Warfare” – Ephesians 6 as a Call to Justice and Peace
• 17 Minute Read The following is a seminary paper I dug up from the archives. I might say a few things differently today, but I think this paper is quite helpful for understanding “spiritual warfare” from a biblical perspective. Although there is debate to whether or not the Apostle Paul was the author …
Mourning the Death of Osama Bin Laden… and the Loss of Every Other Life
• 3 Minute Read (The following post was written in the hours after Osama Bin Laden was killed. It is a post that rings true today, as I add it to this updated blog website, as it did all those years back when I wrote it. This single blog post changed quite a bit …