Blog, Dwelling, Episode 6
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...
Blog, Dwelling, Episode 5
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...
Blog, Dwelling, Episode 5
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...
Blog, Dwelling, Episode 4
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...
Blog, Dwelling, Episode 2
Click this link to check out Eric’s epic blog post on the Pillar of Wisdom. The Pillar of Wisdom
Blog, Dwelling, Episode 3
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...
Blog, Dwelling, Episode 2
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...
Blog, Dwelling, Episode 1
Scripture: 2 Samuel 12:1-9; Psalm 51:1-12 A number of years ago, Shel Silverstein penned a cartoon in The New Yorker depicting two haggard, emaciated men shackled to the wall of a dungeon. Set in the roof far above their heads is a window with iron bars providing no...
Blog, Dwelling, Episode 1
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...
