Caritas
Caritas captures who God is, who we are in Christ, and how we should be in the world. It's first transformation into the new, then formation within the new.
Hidden Treasure
Could it be that our best knowing came when we were humble children? When we were observant, curious, question-askers? When everything around us was difference and we had nothing to prove?
It's Hard to Be Humble
Good will and good faith do not describe the world's systems, structures, and patterns. But they do describe a called-out people set apart for God. It falls to the Church to walk in the light, to shine light, to salt and leaven culture. To be a pleasing aroma that comes with knowing God.
Like A Squirrel
Could we be so secure in God's love for us, so clear-eyed about how little we know for certain, and so committed to shalom, that fear and division would be overwhelmed by curiosity and the possibility of friendship?
A Friend Of Sheep
With readiness and care, good pastors work with God to maintain and enlarge a meadow of shalom in the midst of chaos and division; an embassy of eternal life along the edges of a broken culture.
Two Recipes
Two recipes for adding joy to life. Both are meant to be shared with companions, around tables.
A Little Manual for Knowing
If eternal life is knowing the only true God and the Son, then what does it mean to know? The question led to a book recommendation made by Makoto Fujimura, an acclaimed artist, writer, and speaker. The book is A Little Manual for Knowing, by Esther Lightcap Meek.
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It's A Marvel
One particular Dogwood tree became a metaphor for my acceptance in a small town. It's a metaphor for the Life-Vine we have been grafted into. And it's a metaphor for the continuing work of Jesus's Church in the world. Friendship across difference.
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Practicing Our Scales
Just imagine if our walk with Christ ⏤ representing his kingdom in the world ⏤ were as practiced and pure as Hania Rani’s fingers on the piano keys.
The Loop
The life of believers is an endless loop of gathering, including, and thriving as a holy, called-out community.
The Journey
Two poems describe the Christian's journey with other Christians and life in God's kingdom.
Mannapolis
Mannapolis™ is a little-bit-silly-made-up name for the Kingdom of God— the seat of 'with Christ' culture. The name's parts, manna and polis, illustrate three features of God’s kingdom.