The injustice of grace

One of the coolest things about the gospel is that through the life and death and life of Jesus, God creates a way to be simultaneously just and gracious (Romans 3:23-26). I don’t think this concept staggers us nearly so much as surely one day it will.
On one level, we seem to prefer justice [...]

Another reason to hate flying

Caught this on the web earlier. Are you old enough to remember when flying was an adventure to be anticipated, rather than dreaded?  6+ hours on the tarmac!  (HT:  My (Im)mortal Life)

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Are you a man or a mouse?

I’m working on some thoughts in the book of Job. This is old and familiar territory, but I always find obstacles to feeling like I have a good grip on this book. I’m trying to get a handle on the different viewpoints the various characters have — including God and Satan, Job, his [...]

Cool, clear water

I’ve heard stories — they may be legends, I’ve never verified them — that in the days of wagon trains on the Oregon Trail, the wagons would toil long days through the desert, the oxen growing increasingly thirsty and weary, and finally, near the end, get scent of the river ahead. Oxen that moments earlier [...]

Stammering the promises

This blog started as “Stammered Life”, taken from a Buechner phrase that “His holy story is stammering itself out in our lives”.  It seemed to fit, given all the fits of weakness in my life, and my interest in weakness itself as a “God-attractor” in the gospel story.  But I wasn’t easy with the emphasis [...]