The world is dark and heavy, and it has been raining or misting here in this corner of Virginia pretty much since Thanksgiving. The humid air holds the light. It reflects the orange glow of the streetlights, and if I imagine hard enough, it looks like the haze of a soft Christmas snow. How does…
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Day 13 – Owning Our Brokenness – Silver Linings Playbook
White People, White Power, White Platform
The great thing about social media is that, if you want, you can get to know lots of different people. The not so always great thing is that it’s a very public venue. Which means that sometimes we get to put what we write about into public practice. Naming. Dismantling. Getting at the core of…
Incarnating the Uncomfortable Family Gatherings
If incarnation really matters, then it matters in our daily lives, right? And if it matters on a daily basis, then shouldn’t it be part of the shitty times as well? Pretty much everything I believe hinges on incarnation, so I kind of need Jesus to be found in the shit. Lucky me,…
Reflections on Les Miserables, Christians, and Movies
It’s a movie about a society that turns it’s backs on people. A society that goes along with unjust laws. A society that doesn’t recognize names. Only numbers and their papers. It’s a society that makes it’s own movies because they’ve turned their back on people. A society that demeans and ridicules an entire…
And I Thought I Knew the Bible
She sat on the very edge of the seat, making sure there was no air between her body and the chair. No hovering, no cheating. Two feet firmly planted on the faded linoleum in the church basement, ready to propel her up in a split second. The adult spoke. “For God hath-” Up she jumped….
Tidings of Comfort and Joy
“Fear not then,” said the Angel, “Let nothing you affright, This day is born a Saviour Of a pure Virgin bright, To free all those who trust in Him From Satan’s power and might.” O tidings of comfort and joy, Comfort and joy O tidings of comfort and joy And the angel said unto them,…
The Withness of God
O Come O Come Emmanuel piano/cello (Beautiful. Play it.) Rejoice, Rejoice, Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel Why are the strains of this hymn always slow and haunting? It sounds beautiful, even meaningful, in a Christmas carol, but is it really?