“One tries to follow Jesus by squeezing through the eye of the needle . . . and then stumbling outside the gates. Spending time there. Finding people we’d normally be asked to have mercy on—and instead asking them to have mercy on us and teach us.”
Are you an especially compassionate person? Do you get tickled [...]
I’ve been focusing on the Nicene Creed today. Especially this portion.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally
begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us
and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
by the power [...]
Nick Fiedler traveled the world, and all he got was this lousy epistemology. Kidding. He did however end up with an honest memoir, and even managed to get it published.
As an aside, the books being published by IVP’s Likewise imprint over the last three years have been some of the most important and challenging books [...]
Tomorrow morning I need to get up early and head to Rawdon Street to finish preparing to lead the reflecting and worshiping of our church community.
Tonight I’m outside smoking a cigar and drinking cider and beer. And I’m reflecting on the decade that has lead me here.
And at the beginning of 2000 I was taking [...]
Christine Sine has written a wonderful post on gardening and spirituality over at the Emergent Village Blog.
In our own backyard garden I just planted about 20 tiny stalks of asparagus that have grown from seed over the last three weeks. Also the onions and garlic have begun to break through the soil. It is remarkable [...]