Following Jesus in rejecting empire
Some thoughts about each of the podcast interviews
I’m exploring disappointment in this short series of posts. Disappointment is a universal experience and becomes fuel for discouragement and depression. In today’s post I’ll look at my disappointment with the Church. That’s a capital C Church, not a local church or a denomination or even the Church in America, though each of those may…
Learning to live with disappointment is a lifelong skill. For people of faith or for those who hold a high value for altruism, it is especially important to deal with disappointment. As a Christian, I have found it critical to address disappointment with God, disappointment with the Church and disappointment with myself. Confronting and addressing…
I was never fed so lavishly than when I was fed by those on the margins.
After 58 years of making friends I’ve discovered something. Close relationships are fluid, they are seasonal. Friendship is impermanent. Those friends who wrote in your high school yearbook and inscribed above their signature, with all sincerity, “Best Friends Forever” (BFF) were unaware of this. They have moved on. So have you. Or perhaps it’s more…
Embracing Rebuke Martha of Bethany, servant of the Lord Jesus Christ as one who receives the dead back to life. To my brother, Lazarus. Grace and peace to you and to all who meet in your home. My dear brother, not only in the flesh but in the Spirit, it was good of you to…