Trees symbolize a holy channel that faithfully stewards the power of God into the world.
Epiphany | Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany (Year C)
Jeremiah 17:5-10 (Psalm 1); 1 Corinthians 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26
Luke’s Beatitudes call us to live in the tension of a cross-shaped life.
It’s hard to believe in an enchanted world.
David Bentley Hart’s polemic against the alleged doctrine of eternal hell
Hart thunders like Amos against cruel, incoherent religion.
“If we don’t understand the Judaism of Jesus’ time, how can we understand him and his message?”