“The more you see the less you know, The less you find out as you go. I knew much more then than I do now” (U2: 2004). God is God and we are not. The Writings teach this message as a reminder to the original Jewish readers who where living in a period of great … Continue reading
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Faith Enabled by Paradox: Part II
“The more you see the less you know, The less you find out as you go. I knew much more then than I do now” (U2: 2004). We see reinforced repeatedly in the Writings the fact that God is God, the creator of all things, and our purpose is to be in relationship with the … Continue reading
Faith Enabled by Paradox: Part I
“The more you see the less you know, the less you find out as you go. I knew much more then than I do now” (U2: 2004). A disaster like the one in Haiti stimulates deep questions. A friend spoke about a Bible study the other night. She said that she is beginning to understand … Continue reading
A book review:Faiths in conflict?: Christian integrity in a multicultural world
Ramachandra, Vinoth. 1999. Faiths in conflict?: Christian integrity in a multicultural world. Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity Press. Dr. Vinoth Ramachandra, Secretary for Dialogue and Social Engagement (Asia) for International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), lives in Sri Lanka. Dr Ramachandra holds bachelors and doctoral degrees in nuclear engineering from the University of London. In 1980, … Continue reading
Psalms of Lament
I recently found myself reading an article by Walter Brueggemann, The Costly Loss of Lament. The article is compelling. Brueggeman points out that our modern church, in turning away from laments, has experienced a loss of genuine covenant interaction(:62). This seems to hit home in the reality of the faith tradition I have grown up in. This loss, leads to … Continue reading
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Living Your Faith
I have a friend who is a pastor, and the other day we were talking about this missional church thing. He said something that confirmed some thoughts that I have had for a while. He said that it used to be that the thing that unified a church was the worship service, and, in his … Continue reading