The Christian faith, as I see it, is two parallel journeys. One is a journey inward to the peace of God’s presence within us. The other is a journey outward, making God’s peace and justice present in the world. This Lent, we’re going to spend some time on the inward journey. To do this, we’re going to try out some …
So Meta
So I’m working on the book (it’s going terribly; thanks for asking!) and I had an outline that I felt pretty good about. The conceit of the book was to try to find a few things that progressive Christians might say in common that would provide a path forward for those who are just beginning to deconstruct. I decided not …
In Essence
At the end of our conversation, Josh asked a question that I’ll try to paraphrase: “While you’re saying that people aren’t evil, are you also saying that there is something intrinsic to people that makes them do evil things?” I think that was the gist of it. I don’t think I adequately answered the question, but it gets at something …