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The day after the last post, this blog was lost, perhaps to a robot which confiscated blogs which had characteristics of spam blogs. Perhaps...

I reposted the Saturday posting on nationalism because I thought it might get a couple more readers today. But I add a short post for any wh...

Nationalism as understood today may have had its roots in Europe, but its seems to have begun within the story in Genesis 11 of the Tower ...

Why did Jesus speak in parables? Why was he subtle, indirect, and secretive? Because his message wasn't merely aimed at conveying inform...

Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly diges...

Nationalism as understood today may have had its roots in Europe, but its seems to have begun within the story in Genesis 11 of the Tower ...

I heard a recent exchange among men on the importance of "the spiritual discipline of study." Was good, but not entirely sure what...

"Get yourself some haverim." What in the world does that mean? Haverim is the Hebrew words which is plural for haver , which mean...

(I overslept for the second day in a row. This of necessity must be short, since today I barely got up in time to get around. Tomorrow we co...

In thinking through Ecclesiastes , one of a number of things that stands out is how the one "under the sun" learned, one might say...

I have several books I want to read now, all at the same time. Some are challenging intellectually, probably all of them to some degree. And...

Judith Fain is a doctoral candidate at the University of Durham. As part of her studies, she spends several months each year in Israel. One ...

O God, whose blessed Son came into the world that he might destroy the works of the devil and make us children of God and heirs of eternal l...

Deb and I recently watched " Doubt " (the film's official site ), one of the most powerful films we have seen, and the end was...

Our prayers and sorrow are with the bereaved and wounded of Fort Hood, and we pray as well for the attacker and his family. See Jesus Creed ...

In a facebook conversation yesterday, my hope for a bill to pass to provide affordable health care for everyone, including the "public ...

It is often easier to have faith for someone or something that is more or less removed from us, than it is for something or someone more or ...

"Following the Rabbi" is a very wise chapter in what I'm coming to realize more and more is truly a wise book, Sitting at the ...

A kind of curious thing has been going on in my thinking lately. On the one hand those of us in Jesus are led by the Spirit. As Jesus told u...

Sometimes we reach stale places in our lives in which it may seem like there's a stalemate . We're doing good things, or maybe in a ...

Jesus was swiftly arrested, condemned and led away to crucifixion. This painful and shameful death, reserved by the Romans for slaves and re...

Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: Give us gr...

I had a great time this week at Ashland Seminary, meeting Allan Bevere who graciously hosted me there. Was good getting acquainted with hi...

If there's one thing that stands out in my mind right now, that I would like to have done better with my mind, it is the art and practic...

A common phenomenon in theological circles as well as in other spheres, such as political, happens when two or more people are discussing an...

From chapter 3, "Stringing Pearls" in Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith , b...

We would like to be on an even keel, completely calm, with no troubles, temptations, trials, or sins. This is not life in the here and now f...

Romans 8 tells us that we don't know how we should pray, but that the Spirit helps us with groans that words cannot express. Is this ou...

Thoughout this year, as I've tried to eat and drink with those who were outside the church, something interesting has happened. I'm ...

Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain what you promise, make us love w...

In the wilderness Satan tempted Jesus to jump off the pinnacle of the Temple, since God had promised that he would send his angels to resc...

RJS over at Scot McKnight's Jesus Creed has had an interesting series on whether or not women are human , taking off from writings on ...

I overslept so we will plan to do chapter 3, "Stringing Pearls" in Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus...

Recently I was reminded of how life is a journey, through hearing and then reading Ed Dobson concerning his one year of living as literall...