No matter how compelling the temptation, no matter who else is doing it, no matter how frustrated you feel, avoid judging others. Pronouncing judgment on another person's life is less accurate than trying to call balls and strikes from the seats high atop the...
What makes the Bible God's Word isn't its uncanny historical accuracy, as some insist, but the sacred experiences these stories point to, beyond the words themselves. Watching these ancient pilgrims work through their faith, even wrestling with how they did that,...
If the people are not themselves seeking to determine the Word of God in the tangle of their individual and shared lives, how can they discern the accuracy and adequacy of the theologian’s interpretation of that Word for the group? The church as a group, as a...