Posted on March 13, 2017 1 Comment
When I was in the 7th grade, my social studies teacher read Homer’s “Odyssey” to our class over the course of a semester. That sprawling chronicle was a gift to my 13-year-old self, and my more-than-four-decades self remains enthralled with all the characters of the Greek imagination. For me, the “Odyssey’s” most fearful critters were […]
Posted on November 28, 2016 Leave a Comment
Numbers are important in the Bible, and not just the 66 distinct books with 1,189 individual chapters containing 31,102 verses. I’m talking symbolism – “numerology” – as it is called. Numbers like “3” and “7” and “40,” among others, have been given theological meaning over time. Not the least of these significant numbers is “12.” […]
Posted on May 17, 2016 1 Comment
…this audio file is for you. Truth is, we are all addicts in that we are delusional about of sense of control. To quote Bill Wilson, we all have to “give up playing God.” In my ongoing series on Jesus’ story of Prodigal Son, this talk places the Prodigal and Father in a “recovery” context. […]
