Apr 25, 2021
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Let Us Not Mock God with Metaphor
That part of the world that still gives Christianity a second thought will, out of respect for it, conclude that the resurrection is at most a metaphor for inner rebirth and renewal. But taken on its own terms, the belief in resurrection offers us, or anyone, no such latitude. In 1960 the author John Updike wrote a poem, “Seven Stanzas at Easter”—something of a respectful rejoinder to those who can only think of the central event in Christian theology as a metaphor. We take his poem as a mandate for listening to Paul’s most concentrated words about the resurrection. For we, too, in our more concealed and distressing moments are tempted to make the resurrection into something less than it is. “Let us not mock God with metaphor.” A short consideration of 1 Corinthians 15.
Apr 18, 2021
Let us not Mock God with Metaphor
General Topic
Apr 11, 2021
The Week After Easter
We Must Love One Another, or Die - Lent 2021
Through the season of Lent, we are taking a patient walk through 1 Corinthians 13. "We must love one another or die" may be more relevant to our day than any we can remember. This series is out to hold our feet to the fire to its centrality and its nature.
Never has something so central to our identity been so threatened by our circumstances.
Apr 04, 2021
Beyond Limits
Mar 28, 2021
Beyond Schadenfreude
Mar 21, 2021
Redeeming the Ogre
Mar 14, 2021
Reframing Altruism
Mar 07, 2021
Beyond Caricature
Feb 28, 2021
Beyond Compare
Feb 21, 2021
Love and Die
All Things New
New year (could we hope for something better than the previous year?), new opportunities, new practices--both as individuals and we as a community. What has God made new in Christ which, in saying so, is made to last, made to hold us even if all remains the same as it ever was? In whatever ways we pivot to new things--whether chosen or not--what are those things God has made new upon which all else rests?
Feb 14, 2021
Start with the Ending
Feb 07, 2021
NotMyMaster
Jan 31, 2021
New Year, New Us
Jan 24, 2021
A New Humanity
Jan 17, 2021