Love at the Center
...when all is said and done, I have found no other explanation for the world as I know it – in all its beauty, complexity, pain, and hope - than the vision of love that I believe stands at the center of the biblical story...
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Advent 3 – Joyful, Joyful…Why? – or- When the Future Interrupted the Present
For centuries the church has linked Isaiah 35 with abounding joy. (If searching for a reason to sing “Joy to the World,” the church would put this passage high on the list of reasons why!) In this episode, I do my best to explain why this poetic vision is cause for rejoicing, how it is...
Advent 2 – Lions, Lambs & a World without Enemies
How does one put words a vision of a world in which peace and compassion had become the truest laws of nature? That is the work given by God to Isaiah – putting language to the depth of shalom that is coming, a picture of creation as it will be when the project of salvation is...