Blog, Failing Falling Flying, Week 1: Imago Dei
by Rev. Eric Elnes, Ph.D. Scripture: Genesis 1:26-31 I. Original Sin? Have you ever listened to someone talking excitedly on the phone without being able to hear the person on the other end? Sometimes you can pick up the gist of the conversation pretty well. Other...
"Waypoint one: The Faith of Jesus in a Pluralistic World", Blog, By This Way of Life
by Eric Elnes Note: Due to a computer hard drive issue, I had to re-write several portions of this post, hence its tardiness. I appreciate your patience! What does a 13th C Sufi mystic, a quirky dream I had last week, and a Jewish mezuzah have to do with living the...
Blog, Praying for Revolution, Week 5: Deliver Us From Evil
Does God tempt us? That’s a question Christians have wrestled with for 2,000 years, and Jews for even longer. Do you really think I’m going to settle it in this blog post? Some dismiss the question out-of-hand, as if even asking if God ever tempts us...
Blog, Praying for Revolution, Week 4: Forgive Us Our Trespasses
The day after arriving home from the Wild Goose Festival with the Darkwood Brew team, my mountain bike was stolen. It disappeared from outside a Vietnamese restaurant in Omaha where I was eating lunch with Darkwood Brew producer, Scott Griessel and Brew’s...
