Jul
24
Camp Local 3: Where Are You From?
“Not to hear the natural world is not to hear the divine.” — Thomas Berry
10 min read
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Jul
17
Camp Local 2: Fully Alive
"The glory of God is a human being fully alive." — Irenaeus of Lyon
10 min read
Jul
10
Camp Local 1: Shine Like Stars
To take account of the stars is to remember who God is and what God’s relationship to Abram and the rest of the cosmos is — that of the creator who holds up the night sky and causes these stars to shine. Whose love is as expansive as the night sky.
10 min read
Jun
12
Plot Twist 1: God is Still at Work
That’s what the best plot twists do. They shake us up a bit. We question everything we thought we knew. Reevaluate all of the things and ultimately find a new way of seeing.
10 min read
Jun
05
What Does This Mean?
The church doesn’t have a mission. God’s mission has a church.
8 min read
May
29
On Ascension, The Runaway Bunny, and Thoughts & Prayers
But I also think that as the church, we have the opportunity to offer a corrective here and name that prayer does have a function for us in these moments.
10 min read
May
15
How the New Image of Our Galaxy's Black Hole Helps Us Understand a Life of Faith
I love that Peter doesn’t wait to move in the direction of love until he’s figured it all out. Instead, he simply says yes to God and opens himself to the Holy Spirit... He didn’t hesitate. He just said yes.
10 min read
May
08
On Tabitha (And What Those Things You Can't Get Rid of Say About You)
What we discover here in this tender blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment is all that Tabitha had meant to this community. And we see that it’s a profound and significant loss — because Tabitha’s life mirrored that of Jesus. Because this detail reveals just how much she blessed these women.
10 min read
Apr
24
How Trust and Belief Are Two Different Things (And Why It Matters)
Belief implies that the action is limited to the mind. To the head. About what you can assent to conceptually. You can believe someone or something without trusting it. But trust is so much more than that.
10 min read
Apr
17
There’s A Chance
He hears it, and as he rises to his feet, you can almost imagine a smile breaking across his face as he exclaims, “So you’re telling me there’s a chance…”
7 min read