Sunday, July 6, 2025
Look upon us, O Lord, and let all the darkness of our souls vanish before the beams of thy brightness. Fill us with holy love, and open to us the treasures of thy wisdom. All our desire is known unto thee, therefore perfect what thou hast begun, and what thy Spirit has awakened us to ask in prayer. We seek thy face, turn thy face unto us and show us thy glory.Saturday, June 7, 2025
I’ve been thinking a lot about faith—what it is, how it affects my life, how I express it, how to grow it—and I want to wrangle all those wild and scattered thoughts into something coherent, if not comprehensive. In other words, I don’t have any easy answers or even firm conclusions; I just want to understand where my brain is at, and writing helps me do that. It has been said that faith is risk plus direction.Monday, January 6, 2025
Listening to the story of the Magi this morning, I was prompted ponder again, how do I believe. I struggle even to explain the question: It is practical. It is not hypothetical. I am trying to determine how to approach faith and scripture in ways that are both respectful and realistic. What hermeneutic do I use to understand passages that are likely ahistorical? What value can I derive from archetypal stories?