Joy: A camera flip away?
The Christmas story flips the camera…to places hardly anyone was looking for joy.
Lights in the darkness
Satisfying the longing for spiritual light in this world requires more of us that stringing up lights. Living the way of Jesus demands more than colorful, well-decorated homes with bountiful presents.
Let’s think of something to do while we’re waiting
Advent is traditionally the time of waiting and preparation for the celebration of Christmas. For busy church leaders, I suggest choosing a practice to remind you we're all waiting for the celebration of the birth of Jesus.
The body of God
When we pray that all of this may be so; when we pray to love all bodies and minds; when we pray to be both broken and whole at once: we are praying to be more like God.
Advent and ethics: Kierkegaard, N.T. Wright, and an age-old question
Inspired by a question I heard a young student ask years ago at an N.T. Wright lecture, a conversation between Wright's eschatology and Kierkegaard's teleology, framed in ethical terms, tears apart and rebuilds how I would typically approach Advent gospel readings.