Job and Retribution Theology
One of the strongest impulses within most of us is the belief that good people are rewarded, and bad people are punished. There is an immediacy to it. When bad things begin to happen to us, we quickly ask, “What did I ever do to deserve this?” When someone else is suffering in life, there…
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The Miserable and Corrupt
“Christ did not die for the good and beautiful. It is easy enough to die for the good and beautiful; the hard thing is to die for the miserable and corrupt.” -Shusaku Endo; Silence, Picador, 2016.
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Coals and Water
Coals and Water (Performed by Angel Snow) (Music and Lyrics by Angel Snow) (Listen here) Fortune tellers dancin’ ’round inside my head I’m tryin’ not to lose everything she said Even so in standing at the foot of my bed last night This mountains gettin’ higher with every step I’m trying not to lose everything…
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Roads
Yesterday’s post featured a song, a poem, and a scripture speaking of roads. Each item is about making choices. The song by Krauss and Snow is about the mistakes in life and the roads taken that were wrong choices that affect the rest of our lives – and about the resolve to not make the…
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Roads Taken and Roads Not Taken
Today’s blog post will simply introduce a topic. Discussion will follow in the next few days. For now, ponder the words of a song by Viktor Krauss (Alison’s brother) and Angel Snow, a poem by Robert Frost, and the words of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew. Note well how each of these phrases…
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