Category Archives: Christ

The Blind Men and a Queer Animal


  In the Buddhist version of the , a young man approaches Buddha with a dilemma…. Part of a series on truth. Dozens of hermits and wandering scholars are making contradictory claims about reality. Some claim everything is infinite. Others claim all is finite. Then some claim just certain artifacts are infinite while other artifacts are…
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Subdue the Earth: Exploring the OTHER Great Commission


  The great commission for creative types like musicians, illustrators or writers. Subdue the earth explained. Finally. It’s 33 A. D. You’re on the side of a mountain in Galilee within earshot of the resurrected Jesus. You hear him , “Go and make disciples of all nations.” Now, travel back in time to just after the…
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Suicide, Shame, Sorrow and Jesus’ Resurrection


While wandering around the  yesterday with my family I kept thinking to myself, “I wonder if my children will grow up to be geologists or pollen scientists.” Then it hit me. I could encourage them to go this route…and for the rest of their lives they’d pour over geology books… Sift through the sediment found at…
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A Recovering Rage Addict Looks at Anger Management


Seems not quite right: A former–and still struggling–rage junkie would have something to say about managing anger. But indeed. I do. Quite a lot. As you’ll see in a minute. Let me start with this: I think anger management is an awkward, if not inappropriate, title. See, anger is not managed. It is subdued. But…
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It’s Christmas Morning. Why Am I So Angry Again?


The world so often sees my anger. It so often sees my chronic frustration with contemporary Christian culture and it’s treatment of God’s holiness. It so often sees my tyrannical, self-absorbed bent to highlight the faults of heathens, punks, posers and misfits. Misfits, mind you, like me. But do they ever sense my grief? That quiet but habitual sorrow over…
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On the Second Coming: What You Can’t Neglect


Forgive me, but there’s something you and I have forgotten. It’s simply this: Christ will one day return. When? We don’t know. We do know that it will be . And . Unfortunately, we so often live as if Christ won’t return as he promised. Often we lend so much of our time and energy and emotions…
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