Last week I speculated why our churches - including our own here in Portland - are slowly emptying. My answer last week was two-fold: Our Orthodox Church has forgotten its purpose to be a place of healing, and people simply don’t think they need healing - or to put it more radically, they don’t …
Revolution thwarted – but not dead
It is a fact of human history that revolutions almost always end up as something other than originally intended. The revolution of faith that God initiated in chapter 12 of Genesis, when Abraham obeyed God's call in faith and moved from the land of his father to the land God chose for him, that revolution of …
Only Two Ways to be Honest with God
In thinking about today's reading from Genesis 12:1-7, I can't find something better to write than what Mike Mair wrote a couple months ago about this passage. He is a biblical blogger in Scotland whom I've quoted in the past and who has posted some responses to my own posts. I obtained his permission to quote …
Ancient Answers 