A few months ago I wrote about my love of walking and praying labyrinths. It has not always been that way, though. I remember someone at a conference talking about it, hearing of how it led to the mystery of God, and I got very […]
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Imago Scriptura 112 – Ezekiel 1-2 and Hebrews 11 – More Feet
Ok – so some kind of weird foot thing is going on. This picture doesn’t have my feet in it this time, but it is still about walking and moving forward. Hmmm…God has something to say to me about this I think. Starting out the […]
Imago Romans – 11:25-36 – Escher
Romans 11:25-36 – All Israel Will Be Saved So that you may not claim to be wiser than you are, brothers and sisters, I want you to understand this mystery: a hardening has come upon part of Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles […]
Romans Photos – 4:13-25 – Standing out
God’s Promise Realized through Faith For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the […]
Mark Photos – 9:14-29 – Unbelief
The Healing of a Boy with a Spirit When they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them. When the whole crowd saw him, they were immediately overcome with awe, and they ran forward to greet […]
Mark Photos – 7:24-30 – Scraps
The Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, but a woman whose little daughter had an […]
Psalm Photos – 143 – Marshes
Psalm 143 Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my supplications in your faithfulness; answer me in your righteousness. Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you. For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life […]
Psalm Photos – 119:9-16 – Bet – Following
Psalm 119:8-16 – Bet How can young people keep their way pure? By guarding it according to your word. With my whole heart I seek you; do not let me stray from your commandments. I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may […]
Psalm Photos – 119:1-8 – Aleph – Those
Psalm 119:1-8 – Alef Happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord. Happy are those who keep his decrees, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways. You have […]
Remembering a martyr – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Today, in 1945, one of the saints of the 20th century was martyred. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran pastor, theologian, writer, and revolutionary was hanged at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp just weeks before it was liberated by the Allies. If you are not familiar with Bonhoeffer, let me […]
Lent 2013 Photos – Day 01 – Who Am I
Starting this season with a discipline of a thoughtful photo a day. Today (Ash Wednesday), the theme was “Who Am I”? My immediate thought went to the lyrics of Les Miserables when Valjean is faced with one of his many crossroads moments and he simply […]
Conversation #2 – What is my faith in the future?
Word of warning…this is going to be somewhat rambling and probably not well-proofed. Its about 1030pm on a Saturday night prior to a Sunday where I am preaching about sin. Yes, I should probably be in bed, but this question has been bouncing around in […]
