Words to Live/Write By

“If you would not be forgotten
As soon as you are dead and rotten
Either write things worth reading
Or do things worth the writing”
- Benjamin Franklin

Faith’s Geography

Trying to finish up a reflection paper tonight. Here’s my intro:

Faith’s Geography
“Yahweh’s intention for his people (Israel) is that they enjoy the good life…the land comes to symbolize the life with Yahweh in ideal conditions, a quality of life which might be characterized as the abundant life.”
Dr. Elmer A. Martens, God’s Design: A Focus on Old Testament [...]

Easter Haiku

Easter happiness
Where, O death, now is thy sting?
Since love made a way

Musical Comfort Food

On the heels of a paper on predestination and a long week of way too much theological reading (yes, there is such a thing), I put on an old CD late this afternoon and remembered how much I miss the melody and meaning of one Rich Mullins. Mullins wrote musical comfort food, and it’s hard [...]

Wildwood Wisdom (part 2)

More proverbial wisdom from my students:
“Like sunlight through a window is a man of wisdom’s words:
a source of light where there is none.”
“When you are in pain, go see your physician;
for the pain he inflicts upon you will replace your original agony.”
“An only child is lonely,
but siblings create discord.”
And here’s one about a student whose [...]

Wildwood Wisdom (part 1)

I’m a week away from finishing up the book of Proverbs with my Wildwood high schoolers (we’re studying biblical wisdom literature). As part of today’s class (and with no warning and a ten-minute time limit), I asked the students to write their own proverbs. Most were really clever, and I thought I’d post some of [...]

Depending on My Theology

Depending on my theology
You are either sovereign or You’re biased
You are good or You’re absent
You allow or You’re dead
Depending on my theology
You observe or You’re deaf
You know or You’re behind
You cause or You’re retired
Depending on my theology
You were or You weren’t
You are or You aren’t
You are to come
or You have already left the building
Depending [...]