After a lot of reflection, I’ve decided to shut down the Synchronicity Podcast, at least for the time being. One of my goals in creating the podcast was to create a space that would encourage interaction about the Christian scriptures, particularly for people on the fringes of faith. While the podcast has developed a small [...]
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A meditation on “the sign of Emmanuel” and the meaning of Advent. Where does everything come to a climax? Did it happen in the last 200-300 years, as people devised and refined things like constitutional democracies, medicine, and television? Will it happen for you when you finally get that degree, or that job, or that perfect relationship? Will it happen when you get that house? That car? [...] “It is better,” said Caiaphas, the High Priest in the year that Jesus died, “for one man to die than for the whole nation to perish.” This statement, John tells us, meant much more than what we hear on the surface. The story in the gospel of John intensifies as the religious leaders try to intimidate a man who was healed of blindness into saying that Jesus is a “sinner.” The blind man’s retort to their strong-arm approach, a confession of faith in Jesus, will be the next-to-last straw in a political game that will ultimately [...] “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.” This phrase has become almost iconic of Jesus’ teachings. It reveals something about his spirit of mercy and forgiveness. If you aren’t careful, however, you may miss the NEXT THING that Jesus says in the story – something that you may find to be even more [...] Lots of people miss the point – even the cool ones in Judea – as Jesus takes the back door into Jerusalem for a few days of absolute mayhem. …as soon as I can get some time to sit down and record it. Hang in there, everyone! John 7 is not far off. In Part 2 of our overview of the “picture” of the Christian scriptures, we look at four more signposts: failure, captivity, promise, and Jesus and consider how the writers of the last few books of the Bible were “interpreting” the life of Jesus in light of the signposts that preceded him. The Christian scriptures are a little like a puzzle. Lots of small pieces (stories, histories, poems, letters) that seem to riff on the same theme, but that don’t always seem connected. Is there a way to piece them into a coherent, whole picture? And, if so, what will the final picture look like? In this [...] |
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