If I can be personal for a moment, I want to echo Wendell Berry’s poem about trees: “They are the advent they await.” Advent, an arrival or emergence, or as we say in church-speak, a … [Read more...]
Poetry as Theology
At great risk of an empty table for TheoEd today, the topic is “The Bible as Poetry.” I say that because poetry – like Jazz and classical music – has an infinitesimal audience of about 3% of … [Read more...]
Darkness is not all dark…
TEXTS for CHRISTMAS EVE Isaiah 2-7 Luke 2:1-7 "Nativity" by Li-young Lee "In the dark, a child might ask, What is the world? just to hear his sister promise, An unfinished wing of … [Read more...]