When on trial for his life, Socrates called himself a gadfly. He called the institutional political machine a slow, dim-witted horse. My guess is the politicians putting him on trial — the very ones he likened to the horse — were not very pleased. They...
Certainty may have little to do with the life of faith. Maybe that’s why it’s called “faith” and not “absolutely sure beliefs.” [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] If you are traveling in a place you’ve never...
Why do so many of us prefer to remain willfully ignorant or at least blissfuly unaware? We develop assumptions. These assumptions, or opinions, are formed over years, through experiences, through what we are taught, through how we are shaped by our societal, cultural,...
A version of this post also appears on ALTARWORK.com. Too often in Western public discourse, I think we do not delineate rightly between knowledge and opinion. Political talking heads, religious leaders, and “experts” of many stripes offer us all manner of...
If you happen to be part of typical North American organized church you have rather limited options for activities to engage in that announce God’s Kingdom: weekly “worship services,” maybe some Bible study classes, perhaps a big service project once...
There is a popular but superficial understanding of God that argues God is perfect. Of course, there are many definitions of “perfect.” But most of these definitions give us a God that is immutable. “Immutable” is a churchy word that means...
