The 60-Second Sabbath

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  • WWWJE (With Whom Would Jesus Eat?)

    Jesus practiced an open-table fellowship that scandalized and outraged those who believed they spoke for God. He was surprisingly indiscriminate, rubbing elbows with "tax collectors and sinners" (coded lanugage for all those on the outside, the disdained, the feared, the… Continue reading

  • Was Jesus a Grownup?

    I asserted (back on October 22), that there are no grownups. Part of maturing is acknowledging and embracing this. To be human means not being a grownup; to some degree, we all remain insecure, self-centered children. And that's okay. It's… Continue reading

  • Faith, Perhaps?

    Open up your New Testament to the gospels. Read the stories and teachings of Jesus. Most don't allow for easy resolutions; instead, Jesus invites us to struggle, to live in tension, to be comfortable not knowing what the "right" answer is.… Continue reading

  • “If I Were to Seek My Own Glory…”

    Jesus: "If I were to seek my own glory, my glory would be worth nothing" (John 8:54). Yes, that's it exactly. Where did we  get the idea that Jesus would be pleased with us sitting around singing songs about how… Continue reading

  • I Am

    The "I am" statements in the New Testament aren't just about Jesus, they're also about us. We're each intended to seek and embrace the "essential I," the I within. It's about each of us traveling our own unique path, the… Continue reading

  • Beyond Dualism

    Eastern religions are not falsely dualistic. Western religions (including Christianity, Judaism and Islam) all incorporated Western ways of organization and categorization, which for the most part, run counter to the founding principles of these faiths: individualism prevailed over community, the… Continue reading