Theology ⁽⁴⁰⁾

Christians need to learn to lament. We live in a culture that prefers to hide sadness, and too often, Christians have been found doing the same.Every day, we encounter people who are suffering because of loss, instability, pain or regret and they lament because of…

It’s become increasingly clear in our day that people would much rather use the Bible than be used by the Bible.The Bible has become a book for anyone to dissect and use for their own purposes. Though it has been used to inspire good in…

Over the last half-decade of church work I have wrestled with what it’s supposed to look like for churches to practice discipleship. The models of church that I’ve seen most are built on the idea that discipleship means accepting ideas about God. The more “truth” you…

A.J. Swoboda's The Dusty Ones is about the reality of wandering. All humans wander through life, figuring out who they are and where they fit. Swoboda draws heavily on the biblical narrative as a whole, highlighting the wandering-like stories of Abraham, Moses, and the people of Israel. The people…

12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And…