“Jesus came to drive a wedge in the status quo and create spaces where new life can happen,” says John Perkins. Our personal lives, the zip codes where we receive our mail and shop for groceries, and the globe we inhabit seem to be spinning out of control. How canContinue Reading

According to Jesus, there is no authentic Christianity, discipleship or Christian ethics apart from doing the deeds he taught his followers to do – Glen Stassen Life naturally provides those moments and occasions of unintentional contemplation, times when the foundations of life seem swept away and we are left withContinue Reading

Just Above Timberline, originally uploaded by papalars. My sons and I have been training to climb Mt. Rainier [to the right of the frame] with a group since January. I mentioned this in my last post just below. Notice the slight change in the picture. This time, I got onContinue Reading

Henry & Andy, originally uploaded by papalars. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in his book Life Together, is famous for the following quote: “he who cannot be alone should fear community and he who is not in community should fear being alone.” I'd like to reflect on this quote, along with my recentContinue Reading