Reading Scripture Well (Part 2)
In the broadest sense, figural reading is a long-term visa and a rail-pass rolled up into one, that opens up pathways across the extraordinary terrain of the Bible, in a way that includes all reality.
Reading Scripture Well (Part 1)
Reading Scripture as if it were primarily “about God” certainly yields an array of important insights.
Baby Jesus and Playground Trash Talk
God descends into the messiness of our lives so that we might ascend to participate and share in his glory, a glory that does not result from our genetics, or bloodline, or our own self-determination, but from the sheer grace of God.
Following Jesus in an Age of Distraction
In an age of near infinite distractions, we must learn — again, and again — to look to him in whom all things hold together.
Christian Education as Conversion
There is an evangelical basis for Christian education, as a lively pursuit of God himself: faith (and hope and love) seeking understanding, with an emphasis on the means of grace as God’s instruments of formation. In other words, we are called to continual conversion.
A Postmodern Reflection on Mary the Second Eve
Among the various characterizations of Mary, I find myself repeatedly drawn to Mary as the Second Eve in parallel to St. Paul’s reference to Christ as the Second Adam (Rom 5:12, 15; I Cor 15:45, 47).
A Crisis in Discipleship
It is not just the case that Jesus has provided an example of how we should live. His life, death, and resurrection have provided much more.
Lay Ministry as a Manifestation of Baptism
In studying confirmation, though, I grew more and more certain of one truth: I had already received every gift and commissioning I needed for ministry in baptism.