Bones

“Bones” is one of my favorite TV shows.  The show details the relationship between the brilliant but often pop-culturally ignorant forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan and down to earth FBI agent Seeley Booth.  Together, Bones and Booth solve...

Radical Love

17. “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!” 18. I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against...

Vicarious

Vicarious.  It is a strange word, but it has quickly become one of my favorites.  It is difficult to know when one has learned a word or first started using it, but for theological purposes I began using this word when I read Worship, Community and the Triune God of...

New Birth

“Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God (John 3:3).” Imagine the impact these words of Jesus must have had on Nicodemus. Nicodemus was a Pharisee. He is described in John 3:1 as a...

Faithfulness

As I stood in the Cenex garage waiting for my car to be repaired, I started thinking about faithfulness and whether or not my car could be deemed faithful. It’s been through an accident or two and has had to have its tires changed more than it probably should have,...

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