The Radical Cross
Though the cross can be worn as jewelry made of gold or other precious metals, the cross that Jesus bids …
Tag Archives: Grace
There but for the grace of God, go I
A month earlier I was walking this very street in Istanbul. Before noon on this Istanbul Saturday morning, a suicide …
12 Steps for the Recovering Pharisee (like me)
John Fischer writes “!2 Steps for the Recovering Pharisee (like me).” A happily uncomfortable read with all the honesty and …
Irritability as Indulgence
There is something telling about the insights from earlier centuries written by thoughtful people who were not so nearly as …
Lent and the Rooster Crow: “Convictio!”
This Wednesday is known in the Church Calendar as Ash Wednesday – the beginning of a season of Lent – …
Getting Historical ~ and the Paradox of Forgiveness
There is an old story Gary Inrig retells in his book, Forgiveness, of a man who complained to his counsellor: …
Do we get what we deserve?
Gunmen targeted the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris in the late morning of January 7 and shot dead 12 people …
