November 10, 2019
I know what Hauerwas is doing. He believes that American Christians know more about how to be American than how to be Christian. And I would agree with that, just not how he presents the argument.
November 10, 2019
I know what Hauerwas is doing. He believes that American Christians know more about how to be American than how to be Christian. And I would agree with that, just not how he presents the argument.
November 3, 2019
We have many unconscious idols. The ironic thing is that it’s never the stuff we get that brings us happiness. It’s all the intangible things that bring happiness
October 27, 2019
The “Canaanite seduction” as Brueggemann calls it concerns debt. If we can put our neighbors in debt, we can control them. If we keep our neighbor in need and tied to us, we have leverage over them. Thus the debt economy violates the neighborliness that Israel is called to.
October 20, 2019
Neighbor. Oh, neighbor. The Sabbath is a refusal of the rat race.
October 13, 2019
Ideas are the destination of where we want to go, but money builds the car and it is the gas.
October 13, 2019
Mammon can be a wonderful servant. Mammon can be a terrible Boss.
October 28, 2018
Around this time of year, Kate breaks out a jacket. It’s not her winter jacket, it’s a special jacket.
November 12, 2017
There are ten bridesmaids in Jesus’ story. Five are foolish, five are wise. You’d never guess it from the appearance; each has a lamp and the bridesmaid gowns on.
November 5, 2017
In the church, we can get focused on the wrong thing. We tend to think of stewardship as just money.