“In its improper reciprocity, Jesus initiates a radically mobile sense of truth. It moves like living water. The way [of Jesus] is a truth-flow. It bursts out of the territorialism of religion, of worship fixed here or there, mountain or Jerusalem, my group or yours, my church or your temple, mosque or yoga mat. “God…
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Theology
Where are we going? Can I drive? Some Thoughts on Pluralism
I read two blog posts recently written by Richard Beck (1, 2) in which he reviews and summarizes a book that sounds extremely interesting. It is a book entitled The Depth of the Riches: A Trinitarian Theology of Religious Ends by S. Mark Heim that deals with the issue of Religious Pluralism. I can say…
Faith Seeking Understanding
I’m finally reading Catherine Keller’s book On The Mystery: Discerning Divinity in Process. It’s one that I’ve been wanting to read for a while and I am so glad that I have finally gotten to it. It is truly a beautiful work. I particularly liked this passage which gives a lovely definition of theology (page…
The most precious material in the universe…
Peter Rollins talking about Insurrection at Baylor University. I love when he tells the story about the Baptist Pastor who goes golfing. It’s true, ‘the most precious material in the universe is the desire of of the people we desire.’ Peter Rollins at Baylor University from Peter Rollins on Vimeo.
Evolutionary Christianity
I’ve been listening to Michael Dowd’s podcast lately and I’m really liking his naturalistic view of reality. I haven’t read his book yet but I think his spiritual and scientific insights offer a meaningful way forward for Christianity. I totally agree with a couple things he writes in one of his recent blog posts: It…
What is your aesthetic?
I love reading Richard Beck’s blog. Today he posted an excerpt of a conversation he had with one of his students. The student, after reading some critiques of Christianity, was having some doubts about his faith. He asked Dr. Beck why he believed in Christianity. His answer was truly inspiring to me. Me (Dr. Beck):…
Truth, Goodness and Beauty
To feel deeply that truth, goodness, and beauty belong together, that, in fact, in their fullest realization, they are together, is another way of saying that one believes in God. To experience what little we can do as persons as still important is a form of belief in God. To sense that we are known…
Holy Week and The Sacred Heart
The Sacred Heart of Jesus ~ 2010 by Stephen B Whatley I have seen tons of paintings of Jesus and the Saints where the flaming Sacred Heart is depicted but I never really thought about what exactly it was supposed to represent. I just got done reading Father Rohr’s latest email meditation (the Tuesday of…
God Does Not Exist
God does not exist. He is being itself beyond essence and existence. Therefore, to argue that God exists is to deny him. Paul Tillich
Your Feelings Are My Feelings
Accordingly, if God is to bring an ordered world out of a chaos of finite actualities, any development that God can promote will have to conform to these correlations. The positive correlation between the capacity for intrinsic good and intrinsic evil means, as already indicated, that the increased complexity that makes greater enjoyment possible also…