If the shoe fits . . .
Whence a Fur Coat
Of speechless seconds, lipstick, and becoming a bystander.
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Prayer
Prayers for Easter Sunday
Let us pray like we actually want the resurrected Messiah's reign and agenda -- which of course is submitted to God the Father's kingdom and will.
Translation
Opposite Version of Philippians 3.8–15
8 Knowing Messiah Jesus as my Lord is worth far less than everything else put together! In fact because of the Messiah, I’ve suffered the loss of everything. And I now calculate that loss as something worth grieving over. The Messiah is my loss. 9 And I would be
More Like Jesus
Crossing: Apologetics of the King
From Rose (the anonymous anointer in the Pharisee’s home) to a choir from first-century Philippi to John Donne's iambic pentameter — does making the sign-of-the-cross mean anything?
Theological Politics
Narcissism + Power = Autocracy
When you give a narcissist power . . . you get autocracy. Narcissism + Power = Autocracy. Autocracy is the institutionalized manifestation of narcissism. The more narcissistic and the more power, the worse the autocracy. Narcissists care about only one thing: the Self. Self-actualization is the name of the game. The unfettered desires of the
Vocation
Enchantingly Axiomatic: The Snakeoil in the Water We Drink
DWYL As-Long-As-Your’re-Happy . . . Follow-Your-Heart . . . Be-True-To-Yourself . . . Believe-In-Yourself . . . Live-Your-Truth . . . Be-Your-Best-Self . . . Do-What-You-Love — the aphorisms of our day are elegant. They sound like beautiful advice. They’re certainly enticing. Who wouldn’t want to be their best self? Who wouldn’t want to do what they love? Who wouldn’t want what makes them
Examen
10 Things Suffering Achieves
Here is a list of 10 things that suffering achieves, followed by a series of Bible (ESV) passages and examen questions for each item, arranged as stations to be used in the context of a solemn Good Friday liturgy. I distilled this list based on word studies of the following
Trust
John Lennon's Born-Again Phase
Lennon once asked, "Can He love me? . . . I want out of hell." I've been pondering John Lennon's song "Imagine" in light of John Burke's chapter on "What about Other Religions?" . . . here's a biographical sketch about Lennon
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Is yoga spiritually-neutral self-improvement? Here are 7 quotes
Everyone's doing yoga, so surely it must be ok. Look at all the influencers on social media who swear by it. Even local YMCAs and public school systems have embraced it. The rate of growth of people doing yoga in the past few years is nothing short of