UPDATE: Andrew has just put up a new post that complements our piece today, outlining his method and its results in biblical interpretation. UPDATE 2: I have added a brief summary of AP’s position to the end of the post. • • • I continue to be intrigued by the approach to biblical interpretation thatContinue reading “The Big Picture of Andrew Perriman’s Narrative-Historical Scheme”
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Love in the Desert (2) : On Humility
[The Desert Fathers] believed, in spite of society’s pressures, that love is the goal of the Christian life and humility is what it takes to bring us toward it. • Roberta C. Bondi • • • What does it take to love? First and foremost, argues Roberta C. Bondi in her book, To Love asContinue reading “Love in the Desert (2) : On Humility”
Creation Is a Many Splendored Thing (2): Genesis 1:1-2:3
The Lord is king, he is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed, he is girded with strength.He has established the world; it shall never be moved; your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting. • Psalm 93:1-2, NRSV As the Bible’s first creation account, Genesis 1 enjoys pride of place. Positioned asContinue reading “Creation Is a Many Splendored Thing (2): Genesis 1:1-2:3”
For Labor Day: Gene Veith on Vocation
In the Lord’s Prayer, we ask that God give us our daily bread, which He does. He does so not directly as with the manna to the Israelites, but through the work of farmers, truck drivers, bakers, retailers, and many more. In fact, He gives us our daily bread through the functioning of the wholeContinue reading “For Labor Day: Gene Veith on Vocation”
Spiritual Formation Talk: Sacred Reading
The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple. • Psalm 119:130 • • • In our second post on Fr. Charles Cummings’ book, Monastic Practices, we take up the first of the three basic practices of monastic daily life, in order to consider how they might inform the spiritual formationContinue reading “Spiritual Formation Talk: Sacred Reading”
Saturday Ramblings: Labor Day Edition, 2014
Happy Labor Day weekend! In my heart, mind, and body rhythms, this weekend will always be the end of summer. However, here in Indiana, where we have an abomination called a “balanced school schedule,” we are already a month into fall. In fact, on July 31 my grandson announced to me that he was goingContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings: Labor Day Edition, 2014”
Meeting Jesus Through Community?
I am involved in a number of different communities. Some are communities of faith, but most are not. Now, this may sound like a cop out, but my primary way of introducing people to Jesus has been to introduce those in my non faith communities to my faith communities. Let me introduce you to firstContinue reading “Meeting Jesus Through Community?”
Love in the Desert (1)
All these problems together convince many modern Christians that they could only become real Christians if it were not for the other people in the world. For them to be Christian means to be a “spiritual” person, full of love and joy to share with all the human race, but they find it very hardContinue reading “Love in the Desert (1)”
Case Study: What’s a Parishioner to Do?
Today, I present a case study for your discussion. Here is the situation: You are a member of a small to medium-sized mainline Protestant church, and have been active and involved, particularly in one certain ministry of the congregation. That ministry and its leader (who has led it for many years as a part-time paidContinue reading “Case Study: What’s a Parishioner to Do?”
Another Look: Who and What Are Forming You?
A classic IM post by Michael Spencer from April, 2007. Every time I feel like I have lost my way in the Christian life, I find myself back looking at monasticism, and the lessons I learned in two decades of reading Thomas Merton. I’m not attracted to Catholicism, but I am very much attracted toContinue reading “Another Look: Who and What Are Forming You?”
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