This past weekend, as part of our plans to insulate our attic bedroom, I was searching out the “art” part of the project and stumbled upon these lovely works from England. They’re part of a folklore, fairy tale genre that hints at a different world—they’re not the world itself, but just a hint of it, [...]
Archive for the ‘bridges’ Category
15 Jan
Thawing my heart in the heat of Africa….
I’m back home, and don’t know how to write about what happened. But I wanted to share something… so here’s this morning’s entry from my prayer diary, with a few pictures thrown in. Good morning God… I’m back in Seattle. I remember being in the thick of my time there – tired, hungry, annoyed by [...]
24 Nov
Curious…
I’m enjoying reading the biography of a favorite Christian: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, while I’m over here in Germany. He was a German pastor, ultimately arrested and executed because of his overt and covert involvement in the resistance movement. I love reading about German history while I’m over here because this history still bleeds into day to [...]
16 Nov
The Perfect Storm: Finding Liberty in Simplicity
I went running this morning in my shoeless shoes, pondering the fresh health I’m enjoying in my running because I’ve been liberated from the belief that the foot needs something other than itself to run well. It’s not the point of this post, but if you’re interested, you can read about it here. The morning [...]
18 May
Getting to “Why”
This past Sunday evening’s sixty minutes offered a remarkable example of the power of vision. This is worth watching! Gustavo Dudamel is the new Venezuelan conductor of the LA Philharmonic. He could have gone anywhere, but chose Los Angeles because, as he says, he wants to “change the future of this city through music”. Members [...]
14 Apr
Water Wednesdays
Our church is raising funds to put wells in Africa through the “Spilling Hope” initiative. It would be easy, for many of us, to just write a check on May 23rd, 50 days after Easter, and call it a success. But success, in this case, requires more than writing a check. We’re trying to “put [...]
24 Mar
Sowing Resurrection Seeds…
You’ve no doubt heard about the parable of the seed and the sower? It’s one of those stories I’ve seen illustrated with little shreds of flannel when I was in 2nd grade, heard it taught at camp by a guy who illustrated it in what was called a “chalk talk” and studied it in seminary. [...]
27 Jan
Modernity, Post-Modernity, and the Limits of Knowing
The question on the table is this: How can we step outside of our own context fully enough to objectively assess the faith? This is the question post-modernity brings to the table. Rather than decrying post-modernity for critiquing the arrogant declarations of certainty that have come from people of faith down through the centuries, I’d [...]
8 Dec
For… a plea for beauty
Our church staff was looking at this article yesterday, which articulates some data from the Barna research people about how Christians are perceived by those who are not. I wonder if the real Jesus, not the one conservatives and liberals have fabricated, would be perceived as boring (remember when he walked on water, remember the [...]
4 Dec
Reflections on first leg of the trip…
In a few minutes I’ll go to class and complete the studies in Genesis with students here, and then board the train for Augsburg, where I’ll spend the evening with friends before filming tomorrow at Dachau and sites in Munich. Tomorrow night it’s on to Salzburg for supper with a friend and then Schladming, where [...]
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