Of late, two great interests of mine have been 1) working with people to help make the Bible more “useful” and available to us in our daily lives and 2) helping all of us think about money from the perspective of faith. On the “usefulness” of the Bible I know this subject can be a bit tricky. I don’t want to reduce the value of the Bible to self-help advice. Rather, what I mean is that if we don’t find ourselves thinking about the biblical stories in relation to our daily lives, or if the only time with think about the Bible at all is on Sunday, then I don’t see why we’ll keep coming to church. I mean, pretty much all we do...
Luke 22:39-46
posted by DJL
He came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples followed him. When he reached the place, he said to them, “Pray that you may not come into the time of trial.” Then he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed, “Father, if you...
Forgetfulness
posted by DJL
I didn’t set out to make February “Billy Collins Month”, but it appears that I have. ☺ So one more of my favorites: “Forgetfulness.” If you have a parent or sibling or friend who has experienced memory loss, you know how painful and frightening it can be. Memory, in so many ways,...
Luke 22:39-42
posted by DJL
He came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples followed him. When he reached the place, he said to them, “Pray that you may not come into the time of trial.” Then he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed, “Father, if you...
Last Bible Story Jams…At Least for a While
posted by DJL
Two more Bible Story Jam videos. The first on Luke 10:25-37, and the second on Luke 13:1-9, 31-35. Actually, not just two more, but the two last…at least for a while. We’ve had great fun doing these Bible Story Jams – you can learn more about the original idea and how we went about making them at an earlier post – and we hope others were inspired to practice reading and talking about biblical stories. Our hope all along is that we take the Bible off the altar, so to speak, and put it in the hands of everyday Christians, and we’ve been encouraged by the response. But for now, each of us has some other work we need to get to. We...