My church’s Pub Theology crew wanted to discuss the doctrine of Revelation. As is my custom, I created a worksheet to help start our conversation: Working Definition: Revelation unveils the Unknown. What is it: An experience, an event, an inspiration that moves one beyond the vision of the ordinary. Transcendent Transformative What is it not: RevelationContinue reading “charlottesville and revelation”
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psalms for the election
enjoy two of my favorite anti-empire psalms from the hebrew bible! psalm 46 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. therefore we will not fear, though the Earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains trembleContinue reading “psalms for the election”
i can’t do this without you: a sermon on james 5:13-20
I preached this sermon on Sunday, September 27th at Broadway Presbyterian Church in NYC. Prayer: O God who continually loves us, I am grateful. I am grateful that no matter how we’re feeling, you stay the same. I am grateful at your faithfulness even when we’re not faithful. May your spirit linger in this placeContinue reading “i can’t do this without you: a sermon on james 5:13-20”
jean 3:!6 an exitjesus
I had Jean 3:!6* memorized before I entered second grade. 20 years later, I still hold it dear, but in a much different way. Early in my faith, I thought praying Jean 3:!6 was the first and most important step in salvation. I would pray this verse nearly every Sunday. It was paradoxically comforting andContinue reading “jean 3:!6 an exitjesus”
“no one chooses refugee camps or strip searches”
An accidental forte I’ve developed over the years is not staying in one place for too long. In the last six years I’ve moved over ten times and this doesn’t count the in-between months of staying on friends’ couches. When I visited my parents’ house at the beginning of the summer my dad counted howContinue reading ““no one chooses refugee camps or strip searches””
black flag theology 