Our plan for Eastertide this year is to take the Gospel of Mark seriously: the promise of resurrection, but not the experience of it. What other evidence do we find in Scripture and in our lives that resurrection is real? I asked this question of my Bible-nerd friends on Facebook and suggested that the real answer was “the whole Bible.” …
Welcome to the New Life
We had a great time at Oak Cliff Earth Day handing out free cookies. Thanks to everyone who baked and helped prepare and set up and tear down and everyone who just came and hung out at the booth. I love that we have such meaningful (and not so meaningful) conversation no matter where we are and have so much …
The Intimacy of Faith
The Gospel of John is often regarded as a very “spiritual” text, perhaps even an abstract, theological text. Some think it was included in the canon largely because it made claims about Jesus that other Gospels did not, claims that had become important to the Church, such as Jesus being God and stuff. This, in turn, creates the possibility of …
The Promised Land
The Week’s Events Jubilee Ordination Candidate Forum About a month ago, a few of us went to hear Kathryn Tanner speak on the ways that finance intersects with our Christian commitments. This was not your average stewardship discussion. While I disagreed with some of her premises, the questions she was asking were fascinating. It just so happens that they intertwine …
Images of Jubilee
Growing up in a fundamentalistish church, I learned to read Scripture in a particular way. It was understood as a monolithic text with a cohesive narrative arc, one story with a beginning, a middle, and an end. This story conveyed information and our task was to receive it. In particular, this story was the story of God’s action in the …