After a break for a few weeks Thoughts from the Edge returns. This week consider the various ways the Scriptures for this coming Sunday demonstrate a variety of turns on the theme of rescue. In the Gospel passage the theme is amplified by a focus on who is not … Continue reading
Read MoreWe often hear much about religion and its either healthy or un-healthy impact on our culture. I saw where a conversation between one of the New Atheists and a Christian apologist had been put in print. The central question concerned whether or not Christianity was good for our world. … Continue reading
Read MoreWords. Many offer a reason to follow. Persuasiveness. Curiosity. Jesus engaged a group who struggled to grasp the way he connected feeding a large crowd with himself. Manna. Bread of Life. He then used an evocative description to draw the audience either deeper, or as we would see repel … Continue reading
Read MoreThe Lectionary Texts often offer uncanny inter-relationships of the suggested texts. On a deeper level the texts provide a healthy mashup to evidence the edges and nuances which come to life when read together, meditated over, and poured over for connecting relationships. The texts for this week continue that … Continue reading
Read MoreOnce again the week got away without a podcast. Sometimes living by a rhythm disrupts the schedule of life.
Occasionally there comes a text of Scripture which creates a bit of dissonance with well established sensibilities. Gregory Peck and Susan Hayward brought the familiar story of David and Bathsheba … Continue reading
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