One problem in Christian community, though certainly there are many others, is the tendency to use “god-talk” in our conversation.  God-talk is language that ends honest dialogue.  It typically includes the use of scripture in a way that is unchallengeable.  It ignores the reality that there are scriptures that are difficult to swallow and much that is hard to ...

We could all use some encouragement at a time like this.  I found some recently in the unlikely place of the pages of Job.  I like the book which may sound a bit morbid since its pages are filled with suffering.  Yet it’s not the suffering that draws me, it’s the honesty.  The friends who gathered to mourn with Job ...