Learning to love others the way Jesus loves us
Fourth Sunday in Advent Thee let old men, thee let young men,Thee let boys in chorus sing;Matrons, virgins, little maidens,With glad voices answering:Let their guileless songs re-echo,And the heart its music bring,Evermore and evermore!Christ, to Thee with God the Father,and, O Holy Ghost, to Thee,hymn and chant and high thanksgivingand unwearied praises be,honor, glory, and… Continue reading Hymn and Chant and High Thanksgiving
Third Sunday of Advent The King of Glory will return to reign over His garden Kingdom. In the beginning, God made a garden. Yahweh Elohim (יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים) caused every tree that is pleasant to look at and filled with healthy food to spring up out of the newly created earth. In the middle of the… Continue reading O ye Heights of Heav’n
An Advent devotion: Peace O that birth forever blessed, when a virgin, full of grace, by the Holy Ghost conceiving, bore the Savior of our race; and the Babe, the world’s Redeemer, first revealed His sacred face, evermore and evermore! This is He whom heav'n-taught singers sang of old with one accord, whom the Scriptures… Continue reading O That birth Forever Blessed
An Advent devotion in four parts Of the Father’s love begotten,ere the worlds began to be,He is Alpha and Omega,He the Source, the Ending He,of the things that are, that have been,and that future years shall seeevermore and evermore! Aurelius Clemens Prudentius Part of my mission with Defaulting to Grace is to bind together followers… Continue reading Of the Father’s love begotten
War, Job, and the presence of God Along with much of the West, I was horrified by the attack on Israel by Hamas on October 7. After being there more than 30 years ago, Israel captured my heart in a way few places can. The holiness of the place is unmistakable with so much of… Continue reading The Limits of Human Wisdom
9-25-23 Yom Kippur (G'mar chatimah tovah) "This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: Atonement is to be made once a year for all the sins of the Israelites” Leviticus 16:34 Today is Yom Kippur, the most holy day of the Jewish calendar. It is the day named Atonement by the Lord Himself, set… Continue reading גְּמַר חֲתִימָה טוֹבָה
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New book chapter published! This was fun to write with my good friend, Kelly Fruchey. It is my first publication as a member of the National Coalition of Independent Scholars. The book and each chapter individually is available at IGI Global. Proposal Much of the proposal did not make the final cut, so I am… Continue reading DEI and Imago Dei
Lamentations 3:25-28 The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. Let him sit alone in silence when it is… Continue reading 4’33
There is a difference between tearing down and learning more. In recent years (probably close to a decade), there has been a trend in people saying that they are deconstructing their Christianity. What exactly do they mean? And is there a better way to talk about what is happening to people in the church? First… Continue reading Deconstruction?
Defaulting to Grace 