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Category Archives: On the way to Sunday’s sermon
Why Can’t We Take Yes For An Answer
The most important thing about the “Jacob’s ladder” story is what we learn about Jacob himself. He can’t take yes for an answer. Jacob and his mother Rebekah have managed to undermine two of the most formidable ancient power structures, … Continue reading
Grace Travels outside of Karma and the Hedge
“The Hedge of Protection Removed!” Since the attacks of 9/11/2001 it is not uncommon to hear Christian groups asserting that those attacks were revelatory in terms of God’s relationship with the United States. There are numerous variants of the argument … Continue reading
Why God and People Can’t Be Used for Happiness
What is God For? Elizabeth Gilbert was unhappy. On the outside she had what many of us want. She was successful in her career as an author, she lived in a large beautiful home, and she had a husband who … Continue reading
The Sacrifice of Laughter: On Losing Sons
Losing His First Born At the feast for Laughter, its darker side, mockery, emerges. We normally forget the fact that Ismael was Abraham’s firstborn son. In Sarah’s zealous clutching at her own idols comes the first demand for the death … Continue reading
Why God Saying “Yes” To Your Most Audacious Prayer Would Not Be Enough
“Jesus, give my mom a million dollars” Sam Goodman didn’t buy his mother’s devotion to the Christian faith and so one day in the context of a theological discussion they were having he simply threw out the facetious request, “Jesus, … Continue reading
Why God Invites a Sexually Abused, Run-away Slave to Return to Her Mistress
An Economy of Idols We live our lives within an economy of idols. Idols are elements of our identity that we elevate in order to create an elevated self, enduring self. We imagine that this constructed self, made from what … Continue reading
The Right Way to Become like God
Our Complaint of a Negligent God The reason many people who don’t believe in God give for their unbelief is that the presence of evil seen today seems incompatible with the existence of an all knowing, all powerful, all good … Continue reading
The Faithless Elect: How Abraham, Pharoah and Abimelech can Inform Us When Christians Do Evil
Perennial Challenge for the Elect The perennial challenge of the church is to relate productively to an economy of relational power in which it appears to be vulnerable. If you read through the gospels we see a good bit of … Continue reading
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A Better Valentine
Shaky Valentine’s Days Given the commercial success of the Christmas holiday season the American marketing machine is steadily trying to duplicate Christmas in other Christian holidays on the calendar like Halloween and St. Valentine’s Day. As consumer advertising ramps up expectations … Continue reading
The God TXBlue08 Really Wants
A Woman In Texas Complains About The God Taught To Other’s Children TXBlue08 Wrote “Why I Raise My Children Without God” on the CNN site. This woman is raising her children in a community in which she feels herself a … Continue reading
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