“[Jesus] as Son of God and Son of the Father, has traveled (in obedience to the Father) the path that leads away from the Father and into the darkness of the world.
Archive for June, 2008
“Away from the Father and into the Darkness”: von Balthasar on the True Way to Life
Posted in Christology, God, Jesus, Tragic Vision, von Balthasar on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
More of Zoe’s Thoughts on God
Posted in God, Zoe on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This conversation happened a few weeks ago, just after Zoe came to our bedroom and woke us.
She asks, Is God here?
Yes.
If I looked out the window could I see Him?
No. But he’s here.
Why can’t we see Him then?
Because He is invisible.
Does He wear clothes?
No.
Then He’s naked? She giggles.
No.
Dad, if He [...]
Creation or Creationism
Posted in Creation, tagged Creation, evangelicalism on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Michael at “The Stuff of Earth” has an excellent post on the difference between belief in creation (which is absolutely essential to the faith) and sheer creationism (which isn’t). Note especially the difference he makes between the importance of the “who” and the why” and the “how” and the “when” of creation.
Thinking Christianly about Fuel Prices
Posted in Consumerism, Eschatology, Ethics on June 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Gas prices, as everyone knows, are uncomfortably high, and all the prognosticators insist the prices aren’t coming down any time soon, if ever. And in spite of the sadly predictable election-year bloviating, no government regulations are going to solve the problem.
“If God Stays Silent”
Posted in Bruce Cockburn, God, Poetry on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes you can hear the Spirit whispering to you,
But if God stays silent, what else can you do
Except listen to the silence? if you ever did you’d surely see
That God won’t be reduced to an ideology…
Bruce Cockburn, from “Gospel of Bondage”
