Protect the Warmth of Your Heart Left to its own, all heat is always dissipating, becoming tepid and cold. Hearts too, follow the physics of nature in the spiritual atmosphere of the soul. Unless the fires of our love for God are tended faithfully, the heart grows tepid and cold. This certainly is why the … More Protect the Warmth of Your Heart
Bonhoeffer on the greatness of Mary’s advent song. “This song of Mary’s is the oldest Advent hymn. It is the most passionate, most vehement, one might almost say, most revolutionary Advent hymn ever sung. It is not the gentle, sweet, dreamy Mary that we so often see portrayed in pictures, but the passionate, powerful, proud, … More Bonhoeffer’s Take on “Christmas Mary”
Cultivating the Fear of God as a Lifestyle This past Sunday I had the privilege of teaching a class on the fear of God. This was my third session of about 8 in the class. Today’s assignment for me as a teacher was “How do we cultivate a life that demonstrates a fear of God?” … More Developing a Heart that Fears God
Jesus was unremarkable. That’s what the Bible says, in both the Old and New Testaments. There is no physical description of Jesus, or for that matter, almost anyone in the New Testament. It simply wasn’t considered important information. It’s not that the ancient world didn’t care about beauty and bodily perfections. Indeed, everything we know … More Why Jesus was Unremarkable
Mis-named or Perfectly Named? Yesterday, in the mis-named/perfectly named, Good Friday, we reminded ourselves of the price of our redemption. Today we remind ourselves of the utter loneliness and suffering of the early disciples. On Saturday, their vision of the greatness of the sacrifice was obscured by the pain of their loss, and un-ameliorated by … More A Saturday Meditation Between Horror and Glory
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