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Salt of the Earth 26 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
“If you salt the water, you won’t taste the salt. But if you don’t, you’ll know something’s not quite right.” Sage advice about pasta water from Mr. Richard, one of my friendly cooking gurus. Image ...
Sell Your Stuff, Then We’ll Talk 23 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
The story of the rich man who sorta kinda wanted to follow Jesus (Mark 10) is well known. He wants to follow, right up to the point where it starts to hurt: sell all your stuff and come follow. Not s...
The World in Miniature 22 Aug 2013 | 08:18 pm
The ancients understood something about the world that we, too often, don’t. They understood that the patterns of being and interacting in each sphere of the world were establishing ways of being and...
“Deutsches Requiem” 19 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
On vacation last week, I did what vacating people do: I read. Short stories, mostly. (Pro Tip: when the most free time you’ll ever have to read ever in your whole life is 30 minutes or less due to the...
Where’s This Manna Coming From? 9 Aug 2013 | 10:05 pm
I imagine that I will continue playing with this manna metaphor (see here and here) for a little bit. It’s really another way of attacking the “Storied Theology” project: a way of articulating the ide...
About that Quote 8 Aug 2013 | 02:55 am
So it turns out that the quote in a previous post was misattributed. Egads! The following is from Richard Rohr: The last experience of God is frequently the greatest obstacle to the next experience ...
Manna and Christ 7 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
As I mentioned on Monday, I’ve been playing with the imagery of Manna for a bit. Manna–that bread from heaven, given to sustain the people in the wilderness, but only as it was received afresh every d...
Funded New Testament / Christian Origins Ph.D. 6 Aug 2013 | 10:33 pm
For aspiring doctoral students: here is a recent announcement about a funded Ph.D. program in New Testament and Early Christianity. The Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki invites appli...
Manna 5 Aug 2013 | 10:35 pm
Manna. Bread from heaven. This is what God gives the hungry Israelites in the wilderness. It is bread from heaven. It is life. Yes, it’s life. But only if it’s treated properly. There are a couple...
Lost Again? 2 Aug 2013 | 10:50 pm
It’s been a year since we parted Lost For months, you were lost I should have looked But I did not know I should have asked You were silent I misunderstood I thought you were busy I thought y...
