Tag: bible
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Jesus didn’t come to make Christians
“Jesus didn’t come to make Christians.” It’s something I said, practically in passing, at a faith discussion group that I help facilitate in my neighborhood. I recall that the discussion was making a turn toward identity politics (Who is or isn’t a Christian) or confessional pride (as in saying, “I believe in Jesus” and really…
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The Parable of the Wedding Banquet and the kingdom of heaven
in bibleToday, I started to look more deeply at a less common interpretation of the Parable of the Wedding Banquet (Matthew 22:1-14). I can’t remember where I first heard this interpretation, but it’s come up again recently because it was the lectionary reading for this past Sunday so I took this opportunity to look more into…
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Saving a thread
Earlier this week I came across a threads post that I very much resonated with. I would later learn in the comments that it was the result of a “conversation” someone had with Gemini to help him synthesize some of what he was writing and reading, and I found it to be just that: a…
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2 / scripture and authority
I hope the latter chapters of this work will move faster than this one. I took a very long time with many starts and stops (much longer stops than starts) trying to put my thoughts together on the scriptures. I grew up in a church tradition that highly valued scriptural fluency and my cultural values…
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Essays on Habakkuk #1
My work neighbor is constantly wanting to start projects with me that engage a part of me that’s not officially part of my work. I enjoy discussing practical theology so I oblige. One of these projects is a series of essays around the minor prophet Habakkuk. The idea is that we’d write our reflections on…
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Moses and the Rock
Ever since I started working at my current job, I have enjoyed a regular series of questions (at least weekly) from my desk neighbor. These questions, whether they are deeply theological or practical, always invite curiosity. Here’s my first attempt in translating one into a post. Maybe I’ll write about them more often in the…