Grace

The God who forgives also gives back

My friend Hannah wrote an outstanding post about what a gracious biblical response to the breaking…
Broken Things

I’m sure the word “broken” would have existed even if Adam & Eve had not chosen…
Protected: Pinning down perspectives

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“Redeeming the arts” badly isn’t good enough

Before reading any further, you need to read Joel Stein’s short essay at the end of…
Fuzzy stories do not good theology make

someone just sent me this email: One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a…
The Psalms. And Cans of Woop-Ass.

Taken (new movie with Liam Neeson) is a lot of fun. Not deep, not believable, not even…
The Call to Higher Mercy

Doing Much Ado About Nothing as a faculty play and teaching it to my English classes has provoked…
Microcosmic Generosity

Striking: The smallest parable of humankindness (or Divine-kindness), the gift, tumbles us into humility as easily as…
(a)lone

Into the Wild (recent film, now on DVD) recounts the true story of a young man –Christopher–…
The Curse as Grace

I’ve always thought of the Curse as … a curse. (duh) Nothing is easy … everything…