Claudia’s father came into her room early one Saturday morning. “Wake up, sweetie,” he said softly, and only after standing by her bed for a few minutes, just watching his daughter sleep peacefully. “I have a surprise for you.”
“Oh daddy, you ruined it.”
“I ruined what?” He looked around the room, puzzled. “What, what did I ruin?”
Claudia [...]
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Recently I’ve been questioning a lot of things. I’ve begun to wonder way beyond the assumed point of view that I and the community I’ve come from see things from. Even the basic questions I’m questioning; who says those are the right questions to begin with?
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A boy named Bob is born. Bob is raised in [...]
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There were some weeks when I was not a Christian because I felt so intimate with God. There were weeks when I was a Christian because our tradition invites us to remember that sometimes God is hidden. And even though God is hidden, God is still present.
–Lauren Winner
“That’s not why I believe in God, Jamie – [...]
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These two quotes are from an interview with NT Wright in Christianity Today on the difference between certain versions of Christianity and the one he feels is closer to the Bible’s version:
Christianity – Saving Souls?
For generations the church has been polarized between those who see the main task being the [...]
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Imagine William Shakespeare wrote a play (hard to imagine, I know). It’s such a great play that many people think that actors should be hired to act out the play on stage. The problem is that the play is supposed to be five acts, but we only have the first four acts and [...]
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