A week ago, I spoke at the closing session for Global Grace Seminary in Houston, Texas. I was aware that it was being live-streamed around the world into the hearts and communities of people around the planet. And so in that moment I did something I had not done beforeRead More
Archives for September 2016
Take Your Place at the Table.
In Genesis we see the divine dance in an early enigmatic story (18:1-8). “The Lord” appears to Abraham as “three men.” Abraham and Sarah seem to see the Holy One in the presence of these three, and they bow before them and call them “my lord” (18:2-3 Jerusalem Bible). TheirRead More
God is a Dance.
There was a time when pub brawls broke out over the “Trinity”, the idea that God exists as a being in community; Three Persons in a Oneness of other-centered, self-giving love. If you have read The Shack, Cross Roads or Eve, you know that the Trinity is of central significanceRead More
The Performance Principle.
Religion in the second half of life is finally not a moral matter; it’s a mystical matter. You can’t keep making all of life a question of what you’re doing, your moral proficiency and perfection. Paul calls this approach “the Law”; I call it the performance principle. Almost all ofRead More