Metaphors are the “signposts” of scripture, like neurons that interconnect in a web of beauty. Find one, and you’ll be sure to be able to follow it through a weave of interconnectedness that gives is depth and breadth…. and turns it into a kind of dazzling,...
Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy. Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy. Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I may love only what is holy. Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, that I may defend all that is holy. Guard me, O...
The Salvation of ‘Napalm Girl’ Summary: “You may not recognize me now, but you almost certainly know who I am. My name is Kim Phuc, though you likely know me by another name. It is one I never asked for, a name I have spent a lifetime trying to escape: “Napalm Girl.”...
Can music make us better people? Clearly, Handel wrote with this purpose in mind; he believed it was possible to write music that would inspire and transform. Handel’s many works based on scripture have had profound effects on generations of musicians and...
The Sign of the Bow Lectionary 18 February 2018 1st Sunday in Lent Genesis 9:8-17 Psalm 25:1-10 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:9-15 Text to Life What happens when Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday fall on the same day? What happens when the feast day of Saint Valentine, the...
