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Meditations on an Eyeball: August 2009
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Meditations on an Eyeball. Sunday, August 30, 2009. The Absence of God—Love in Inaction. Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when he heard that Lazarus. Was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. It's hard to imagine Jesus not leaving immediately when he hears of this illness. But he chose to wait. Earlier, when Jesus was in Cana an official asks that he travel to Capernaum (located 20 miles away) to heal his son. Jesus sends him home, saying,. Perhaps the delay and ...
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Meditations on an Eyeball: Some Things I Learned from my Dad
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Meditations on an Eyeball. Sunday, April 14, 2013. Some Things I Learned from my Dad. Well, are you holding up under the strain? If you spent much time around my Dad, you probably heard that question, or one of the variants like:. Are you still percolating on all cylinders. Are you still moving under your own power? From my Dad I learned that humor is a great equalizer, and a great way to put people at ease. Dad did a lot of different things in his life:. Along with my Mom raised 5 kids. When I was 15 I ...
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Meditations on an Eyeball: March 2008
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Meditations on an Eyeball. Wednesday, March 26, 2008. Recently I was in the Seattle airport with time to kill so I wandered through the Borders bookstore in the concourse. I usually check to see if the most recent books from my favorite authors are out in paperback—so I can go home and buy them on-line. I was happy to see C.J. Latest book "Deliverer" available in paperback. I made a mental note to check its price online and left the store. Most people would judge it a coincidence. However, I’m ...I was r...
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Meditations on an Eyeball: December 2007
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Meditations on an Eyeball. Thursday, December 06, 2007. The last things and the things before the last. In his unfinished book “ Ethics. 8221; Dietrich Bonhoeffer includes a study of what he calls the ultimate and the penultimate. The context is the Christian life and how we live it. Bonhoeffer relates that as. A pastor he usually adopts one of two very different attitudes when visiting a person that has lost a loved one. Bonhoeffer places these attitudes in opposition in the five quoted sentences below:.
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Meditations on an Eyeball: June 2008
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Meditations on an Eyeball. Saturday, June 07, 2008. Truth in the Church. For the last month I have struggled with truth. Specifically, what truth will God reveal to the. Community of believers. A review. 8220;Paradigms on Pilgrimage ” triggered this internal debate. Among other things the reviewer states:. Let us assume God did use evolution to create the world. Why does he allow so many Christians to think he didn't? This question, and its generalization struck a nerve in my psyche. There was a respecte...
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Meditations on an Eyeball: April 2009
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Meditations on an Eyeball. Thursday, April 02, 2009. In an Emergent Village panel discussion podcast. At minute 46, Tony Jones turns to Diana Butler Bass and suggests: "The point of your life is to influence the church." Diana immediately rebuts: "The point of my life is to do what God tells me to do.". Perhaps it was just the way Diana said it, but I don't think I have ever heard a clearer statement about God's will. Some meditations on Diana's statement:. Is to do what God tells me to do. There is no d...
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Meditations on an Eyeball: January 2008
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Meditations on an Eyeball. Wednesday, January 16, 2008. Name 4 great women of the Bible. Name 4 great men of the Bible. Name 4 great marriages of the Bible. Well, how did you do? For question one you might have answered Ruth, Esther, Deborah, Abigail, Elizabeth, Mary, Lydia, and others. For question two you might have answered Abraham, Moses, Joshua, Samuel, Elijah, David, Solomon, John, Peter and others. So how did you do on question three? I came up empty. The “ excellent wife. My Mom slipped away peac...
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Meditations on an Eyeball: Meditations on an eyeball: Part 1 -- If I only had a brain...
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Meditations on an Eyeball. Tuesday, June 13, 2006. Meditations on an eyeball: Part 1 - If I only had a brain. A few years ago I read an article in "Nature" about jellyfish eyes. I didn't even know they had eyes, but I learned that this particular type of jellyfish (Cubozoans) not only has eyes, they have twenty-four of them. While this particular species of jellyfish is well equipped with eyes there is one significant gap in their overall setup—there is no brain to use the eyes! This blog holds some of m...
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Meditations on an Eyeball: April 2013
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Meditations on an Eyeball. Sunday, April 14, 2013. Some Things I Learned from my Dad. Well, are you holding up under the strain? If you spent much time around my Dad, you probably heard that question, or one of the variants like:. Are you still percolating on all cylinders. Are you still moving under your own power? From my Dad I learned that humor is a great equalizer, and a great way to put people at ease. Dad did a lot of different things in his life:. Along with my Mom raised 5 kids. When I was 15 I ...
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Meditations on an Eyeball: October 2008
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Meditations on an Eyeball. Friday, October 31, 2008. What if Adam had not eaten? She had watched the tree closely after her last conversation with the snake. The birds and other animals sought the fruit of the tree—often there were no ripe ones left. They did not die. And the tree was beautiful, not just the forbidden fruit—how could it kill? The woman and Adam carefully avoided the fruit because of the Lord God's prohibition—but now with the prospect of wisdom she found herself drawn to it. He talked ab...
