The Steam that Rises

Jacob’s sons, after learning of Dinah’s tragic abuse at the hands of Shechem are infuriated. They take on for themselves the injustice of rape. The rape of their sister is a personal affront. It is no different with God. He is the ultimate empathizer. God is the one who brings justice. God alone is judge.
He built in us a desire for justice. But vengeance is the Lord’s. Retribution, for us, comes in the form of a cool glass of water.

Jesus gets a New Job

Whenever an icon dies, a plethora of statements light up, like christmas lights buried in a dusting of snow.  I remember driving my ’79 Caprice Classic station wagon up Cornwall.  I had just passed Assumption on my right, and the First United Church of Christ on my left when the DJ on the radio announced [...]

…and my Brain Went off like Jiffy-Pop!

I have a great friend and pastor who once dropped this one on me: Jesus, in his resurrected body, is the most real thing in the universe. (pop). Rob Bell, in his book Velvet Elvis, writes that he is “simply trying to orient myself around living a particular kind of way, the kind of way [...]