Jamin’s sermon on Zechariah 9 and the idea of hope has had me reflecting on our current cultural context and the role of prophetic imagination. In previous chapters, Zachariah was carrying out his prophetic duty of truth-telling and calling God’s people to repentance, then the rest of the book he cast vision and hope for God’s Kingdom.
Read moreHope and the Valley of Dry Bones
You see, a city may be one thing to one people, or a country may mean one thing to one people and altogether another thing to another people.
Read moreTransitions
Transitions are important as harbingers of change and growth, of leaving and arriving.
Read moreI Am Under Construction
Sunday Robbyn mentioned three categories: racist, not racist, and anti-racist. I have been in a slow process of waking up.
Read moreLove's Invitation: Listening and Being Present
I have been thinking about how we were born into ways of being. Previous generations shaped ways of thinking and those ways felt like immovable stone in the present.
Read moreBeing Love
“We ‘are created in the image and likeness of God’ (Genesis 1:26-27). Thus, human dignity is not attained, but rather inherent from the beginning.
Read moreDeep calls to Deep
In this space and in this time, groans live in the deep, words fail, but groans express.
Read morePresence Matters
Have you ever wondered why Jesus selected “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength” and “Love your neighbor as yourself” as the two greatest commandments?…
Read moreDynamic Systems Theory, a Pandemic, and Life
I love theories because they promote different ways of understanding reality. In fact, I remember roaming the stacks in my campus library in pursuit of articles and books on topics outside my field such as String Theory, M Theory, or Dynamic Systems Theory…
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