Category : Pain
Walter Bruegemann is an Old Testament scholar who has interacted with the Old Testament in a deeply honest way. The result is fresh and prophetic (read troubling and unsettling). In a podcast interview with Marc van Bulck I discovered recently, he deals with messy themes of the Old Testament as unflinchingly as a triage doctor on
Today, my dad turns 70. There is only one Allan Van Allen…thats one of those safe statements I can make in the world. Anyone who knows my dad would agree. Dad, you have been an old-school dying-breed family man. You loved, love, and will love Mom…its an axiom of my universe. Keeping that government
I’ve been rummaging around in the Anglican treasure chest a little lately and found this beauty. I’m struck by the depth. Newman has been around the block and his view of life, self, and God are three dimensional. Newman lives in a universe that has room for God, man, pain, and meaning in
Waves of apprehension and anticipation are swelling each day closer to your arrival (scheduled for April 15th!). As I take time in the early mornings to consider your coming I can’t help but wonder if I’m ready to welcome you with grace. C.S. Lewis talked about the stresses in our lives that turn the lights on in our
I find Jesus very easy to follow in theory. Its when he wants to go somewhere specific that I start having problems. December 2nd, 5am: I’m inexplicably unable to sleep and find myself reading “A Road to Daybreak” by Henri Nouwen. He talks of God’s call on him to leave the intellectually stimulating environment as a professor at Harvard