Edgework

I had expected to explore how Jesus read his Bible in this essay, but meanwhile a new book arrived at my door which disrupted my plan.

As this series progresses, it will become clear to us that when Jesus read his Bible (basically our Old Testament) he accepted the fact that it did not speak with a singular voice.

When I wrote a series of essays a few years back entitled, “Rediscovering the Bible,” I indicated at the time that I would most likely be returning to this subject down the road.

A few nights back was the longest night of the year. The winter solstice happens each year on December 21st, marking the shortest day of the year as well as the longest night.

I was still in my teenage years when I identified two different ways of using the biblical text in the life of the church.

We are a people well acquainted with fatigue. I see it everywhere: in a plodding gait, in eyes that have lost their sparkle and in a somber face that once radiated energy.

I have noticed over the last decade or so that a new expression has arrived in our Christian community. When someone senses God’s presence in a unique or powerful way it is sometimes described as experiencing a “God Moment.”

This is the title of a statement from a peace church perspective given recently by the faculty of the Theological Seminary of Bienenberg, Switzerland.

I recently found a good deal of comfort and clarification about my personal faith experience while reading Mark D. Baker’s book, “Religious No More: Building Communities of Grace and Freedom” (1999, InterVarsity Press).

Every once in a while I am surprised by what I hear. Some days go by in which most everything I hear is predictable, even mundane.