Glory's Weight
There's an old sermon illustration from Corey Ten Boom's The Hiding Place in which young Corey asks her father a difficult question. The Nazis have invaded the Netherlands, the two are traveling, and her father, responding to her question, asks Corey to carry the suitcase…
Columbine and Holy Saturday
Today is the twentieth anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting. Today is also Holy Saturday.
And the Sea Was No More: A Theology of Natural Disaster
In the wake of Harvey, and on the eve of Irma–not to mention dozens of wildfires in the west and an earthquake in Mexico City–the question of God's involvement in nature could not be more palpable. I offer here a few halting answers to what I think are the most pressing theological questions.