Because Lent is a time when we tend to talk a lot about sin, I endeavored on Sunday to explain my framework for thinking about sin. Some folks asked for a write-up, so here it is if you’re interested. The reason this alternative view is important is that sin, in the Christian mindset, is thought to be responsible for evil, …
My Understanding of Sin
Because Lent is a time when we tend to talk a lot about sin, I endeavored on Sunday to explain my framework for thinking about sin. It differs from things we might have heard growing up in a modern American Christian context, whether Catholic or Evangelical. In the spirit of this church’s emphasis on questioning and conversation, I am not …
Walking, Running, and Soaring
I recently started marathon training. The program I’m using requires me to run five days each week, totaling anywhere from thirty to eighty miles. There is rarely a day when my legs don’t feel either sore or just dead, useless slabs of meat. Each day, it is hard to go out for that day’s run. The first mile is hard. …