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Book Preview: Something Beyond Nothing?
Information about Brian Niece’s book, Something Beyond Nothing?: The God We Don’t Yet Know
Benediction: All Our Pain | A Liminal Advent | Part 4
A Liminal Advent doesn’t allow me to glibly declare that after a certain amount of waiting God will come into our pain and heal it all.
Affirmation: Togetherness | A Liminal Advent | Part 3
A liminal Advent encourages and challenges us to experience togetherness with those not like us. Because we need each other. All the each others.
Confession: We Don’t Have Our Stuff Together | A Liminal Advent | Part 2
When we give ourselves the freedom to question during a liminal Advent, without expecting ready and complete answers, we may learn that our house isn’t entirely in order. But are we brave enough to confess such a thing?
Invocation: Questions | A Liminal Advent | Part 1
What if we have forgotten, or perhaps never explored, the stuff of Advent beyond our established boundaries? What if a liminal Advent is more authentic?
The Tyranny of the Literal
The tyranny of the literal has made life more dangerous and more harmful when we interact with each other in a world dependent on relationships.
Faith = Do Something
A final word on the Reimagining Faith series. When I do something because of this faith, then it becomes a way of life to be witnessed.
Jesus Messes Everything Up
Jesus is the pre-eminent interpreter of scripture. And in one instance he injects one interpretive word into one familiar theological statement, and we still haven’t recovered.
Confession of a Recovering Pastor
Does the system of religion have much to do with following Jesus? Here’s a confession from a recovering pastor about this very thing.
Why Pray for Others?
It’s not until recently that I’ve found a compelling result when I pray for others. And in a roundabout way, the practice changes me in beneficial ways.
The Will to Love
I can do so much. We all can. As Whitman wrote, we are large and contain multitudes. But I realize there is something I cannot do. We cannot manufacture the will to love.
Now What?, or Post-Easter Blues?
The day after Easter Sunday sometimes feels like one of those “Now what?” moments. It’s similar to that possible let-down feeling the day after Christmas. All the celebration and joy and yada yada was great; but now what do we do?