Love It, List It, or Raze It?!?

Love It, List It, or Raze It?!?

This building metaphor for Christianity is interesting. Somewhere along the journey which established our religious institutions, we rejected the concept of a mobile tabernacle where we looked for direction and forgot that our ancestor was a wandering Aramean. We also...
The Pillar of Trust

The Pillar of Trust

Scripture: Isaiah 36:1-3, 13-20; 37:1-7; 2:1-4   Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth   Then took the other, as just as...
Dreaming of Plowshares

Dreaming of Plowshares

The Narrative Lectionary does a curious thing with the reading for this Sunday. After some of the last words from Isaiah of Jerusalem (First Isaiah) we hear some of the earliest. Chapters 36 and 37 urge trust in God to protect Jerusalem from the attack of Sennacherib...
Addicted to Love

Addicted to Love

You know you’re gonna have to face it…you’re addicted to love… Your lights are on, but you’re not home Your mind is not your own Your heart sweats, your body shakes Another kiss is what it takes You can’t sleep, you can’t eat...
It's Just the Truth Talking

It's Just the Truth Talking

The truth? You can’t handle the truth. That classic movie line was about the ugliness of the truth that helped to maintain comfort for the many by a few doing things that were ethically questionable. Often, the role of the prophet is shining a light in these...
It's Just the Truth Talking

Working on a Building

Have you ever seen a house built so quickly that you worry about the safety of the inhabitants? Pretty much all the time, right? Construction didn’t used to be so fast. In fact, some of the most magnificent structures, such as Medieval cathedrals, took...
It's Just the Truth Talking

Shovels, Knitting Needles & Other Weapons

What is the first law of holes? If you are in one, stop digging!. That same shovel that created the hole can be used to fill it but it might be good if you first changed location. The fact that you would be buried if the shovel were used by someone else is a witness...

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