Embracing an Eastertide Attitude for a Fearful World
Christ is risen! Yesterday was Easter—but Easter is not over. While our culture tends toward the belief that a holiday marks the end or conclusion of a celebration, the church does not. There are a dozen days of Christmastide and a full fifty days of Eastertide. This...
Rethinking Resurrection
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been reflecting on wisdom shared by John Dominic Crossan at the CAC’s Universal Christ conference. Today I want to continue my Eastertide series by exploring further an idea he shared in his most recent book, which I mentioned two...
Why Jesus Called Fishermen
Every story has a context. Over the centuries, we’ve become extremely disconnected from the context of the gospel stories, and one of those disconnects is about the political reality of life for fishermen on the Sea of Galilee. As I noted last week, John Dominic...
Uprising
As I sit down to write this post, multiple threads are weaving themselves through my mind, and I’m struggling to see the bigger picture. Consequently, I decided that perhaps the best thing to do would be to begin writing and discover where the Holy Spirit guides my...
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