I’m getting stuck in 2nd Peter Two. Holy Moly. Do I know any of these people? I keep checking back to the first verses, “they” this and “they” that; who are “they” who are on the short end of Peter’s wrathful indignation? False prophets, false teachers, and heretics! Whoa! II Peter 2:10b,12a,17a Bold and arrogant, [...]
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Who Are These People?
Posted in Ordinary Time, tagged empathy, false prophets, false teaching, Great Emergence, heresy, heretic, Heretic's Daughter, Jim Jones, Julia Scheeres, Kathleen Kent, love, Love wins, Matthew 25, mercy, People's Temple, Peter, phyllis tickle, Rob Bell, Salem witch trials, sin on October 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Meet My Sister, Wisdom
Posted in Ordinary Time, tagged authenticity, Cinderella, fraternal sister, generosity, good fruit, heaven, holiness, Holy Spirit, James, Kingdom of God, kingdom within, love, mercy, peace, peacekeeping, purity, sincerity, submission, wisdom on August 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I have studied wisdom in the scriptures off and on for some years. Wisdom, as she is personified female in Proverbs, intrigues me. I had forgotten, until now, that wisdom reappears here in James. And she is freely available to me, if only . . . James 3:17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven [...]
An Abundant Outpouring
Posted in Ordinary Time, tagged anointing, blessings, bread and wine, bread of heaven, bread of life, church, emerging church, Grace, Holy Spirit, Jesus, love, mercy, miracles, outpouring, Paul, Restore Church, Timothy, Walk to Emmaus, way of Jesus on March 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
As usual, I have been putting the cart before the horse. I’ve been waiting for the “outpouring” to descend before stepping out. I’ve been hoping for an umbrella before it starts to rain. But that’s not how it works. Call comes to us with the tools or resources at hand. Nothing more, at first. I [...]
God is Just
Posted in Ordinary Time, tagged evil, God, Job, justice, love, mercy, Paul, Thessalonians, way of Jesus on February 17, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Somehow it’s easier to hang on to the idea that God is love moreso than God is just. Every day I read a newspaper and my mind reels with the breadth of injustice. Narcissism is the norm and earth-bound justice lines up with the powerful. II Thessalonians 1:6-7 God is just: He will pay back [...]
Behaviors Can Separate
Posted in Time Up to Pentecost, tagged Corinthians, forgiveness, mercy, Paul, sin on September 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Paul is really pulling my chain in the entire 5th chapter of I Corinthians. I can’t say I’m going to disassociate with folks who are believers and yet behave badly. I’m too close to behaving badly myself. So what can I glean? I Corinthians 5:11 But now I am writing you that you must not [...]
Binding Contracts
Posted in Ordinary Time, tagged Abraham, covenant, Galatians, God, Gomer, Grace, Hosea, Jesus, marriage, mercy, Messiah, Paul on September 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is what a lot of contract lawyers get paid to do: one to make the covenant and another to find enough loopholes to break it. What contracts or promises do we have to today that are truly binding? Partnerships? Marriage? Last Will and Testament? BFF? Pinky swear? Galatians 3:15 Brothers, let me take an [...]
I’ve got a Lawyer
Posted in Ordinary Time, tagged advocate, Father, fear, forgiveness, God, Grace, Holy Spirit, Jesus, judge, judgment, love, mercy, way of Jesus on July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The whole idea of the “judgment seat” has always given me pause. Today, as I encountered this verse, I wondered again, would I be shuttled off to the “left side” with the goats? [Matthew 25:31] But then it occurred to me: Hey, I’ve got a lawyer. II Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear and [...]
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