Neo-Revisionist Christian Pessimism
Hope is so much a part of the Christian ethos that it’s almost heresy to admit a certain pessimism in one’s temperament.Read More
Arts & Essays: Spirituality & Faith
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Written By: Barry CaseySeptember 22, 2020The Paleness of Winter Light
Racism is never only about color. That is simply code, in the shallowness and impatience of white supremacist thinking, for dominance, color being...
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Written By: Corey FarrSeptember 21, 2020A Christian Reads the Tao te Ching:...
Today we’re going to be exploring chapter 46, which takes up the theme of contentment and discontentment from the last two chapters but frames it in...
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Written By: Barry CaseySeptember 09, 2020Become All Things
The liminal person—on the threshold—speaks to the individual and the community, in fact, becomes a conduit between the two. Through the poet/writer,...
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Written By: Corey FarrSeptember 08, 2020A Christian Reads the Tao Te Ching:...
Chapters 44 and 45 are all about contentment. The former provides a litany of rhetorical questions that prompt us to rethink what really matters in...
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Written By: Corey FarrSeptember 01, 2020A Christian Reads the Tao te Ching:...
Chapter 42 gives us a relatively practical look at the characteristics of a leader. The vision Lao Tzu sets up here is incredibly Christlike.
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Written By: Kim Allan JohnsonAugust 28, 2020Oh No… I’m God
At the end of their stay, Christ is so completely absorbed in thought and conversation with the elders that he forgets to go home. He is focused like...
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Written By: Barry CaseyAugust 25, 2020Chain of Events
Judas sees himself as the only disciple who truly understands Jesus’ mission. He knows the goal, he is less sure of the tactics.
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Written By: Corey FarrAugust 24, 2020A Christian Reads the Tao te Ching:...
If you’re in a place of doubt, the best way to let it flourish is to be honest about it — with yourself, with God, and with people who can help...
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Written By: Eric AakkoAugust 17, 2020I Broke My Back and Then Seven Miracles...
My friend and I were over 200 miles into our 350-mile bikepacking trip in southern Colorado, when a freak accident snapped my spine in half.
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