I’ve always been weak on waiting, not just waiting on God, but waiting on––or for––just about anyone or anything. If there’s such a thing as a “gift of waiting” I either didn’t get that one or I did but I buried it somewhere along the line so as not to have to use it. …
James on Justice (An Appeal for Classless Christianity) James 1:9-11
I'm doing a commentary through James’ Epistle with an emphasis on justice and the kind of Christianity that sees everyone the same––a classless Christianity. I put the highlights here in the blog and then unpack it in my podcast. James 1:9-11 is the key passage for this episode/post: Believers in humble circumstances ought to take …
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What Would Bonhoeffer Do?
Most Christians consider pastor, theologian, activist, and martyr, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, to have been a great man. He spent two years in prison for joining the plot to assassinate the Führer and was executed by the Nazi regime at the Flossenbürg concentration camp on April 9, 1945, just two weeks before the United States liberated the camp. …
James on Justice (An Appeal for Classless Christianity) Introduction Part 2
I invite you to the series of podcasts through the Book of James I’m developing. To whet your appetite here in the blog I’m providing sound bytes of the audio episodes. The current 15-minute episode is Part 2 of 2 introductory remarks on the epistle. Part 1 is here. Enjoy! Of all the New Testament …
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One-Scary-To-Pray-Prayer
Some friends and I go to Golden Gate Park every week, sit on what is historically known as “Hippie Hill” just above the “Janis Joplin Tree” to worship and pray for our friends in the park and beyond. Yes, this is the very place you saw on the news where thousands converge on 4/20 …
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