While I realize “better angels” is a reference to our own best inclinations, the first advent was not about human beings plucking themselves up and making things better. It wasn’t first of all about us, but outside help, heavenly hosts appearing to the ruddy shepherds in occupied territory. These are the true better angels. … More The Other, Better Angels
There is a lot of talk today about bodies—human bodies, diseased bodies, dead bodies. Many are getting weary of the news, but I believe a few moments on Good Friday contemplating the suffering body of Jesus Christ can open our imaginations more fully to the deep sympathy that God has with us in Jesus Christ. … More The Body of Christ, Naked for You
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. Our local pastor Ed Jager reflected on an ancient song last Sunday March 22 (on Facebook, … More Psalm 46 in a Time of COVID
There is not one sentence of any university curriculum, no theory or method, and no discipline or profession to which the call to love God with all our mind does not apply. We cannot love God with all our soul and live with a secular mind. … More Loving God with all Your Mind
