The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is beautiful. As artwork it’s perfect. Or, near enough at least. As religious iconography, though, it’s got one huge fault: There’s… Read more “Anthropomorphizing God Pt. 2: What’s Wrong With the Sistine Chapel”

Romans 14; 1 Corinthians 8 and 10 We’ve been going through St. Paul’s letter to the church in Rome and what true worship means. You can find… Read more “Worship: Unity in Community”

Is there a god? Do you believe that God exists? It seems that the answer to these questions has an awful lot to do with what one… Read more “Anthropomorphizing God part 1”

This is the fourth in series about worship in St. Paul’s letter to the Romans. You can read the previous posts here: Part 1, Part 2, Part… Read more “Worship: Union with God”

Romans 12:1-8 This is part three in a series on worship. You can read part one here and part two here. We mistake St. Paul right off the… Read more “Worship: Living Sacrifices with Renewed Minds”

This is part 2 of a series about worship through sacrifice. Read part one here.   Why Sacrifice? Sacrifice is about unity. Originally, for the Hebrews, it was… Read more “Worship: Judgment and Freedom Fighters”

Isaiah 56:1-8; Psalm 67; Romans 11:13-24; Matthew 15:21-28 Isaiah says, “keep justice and do righteousness,” then goes on to say that the foreigners who have joined Israel… Read more “Worship: Meals and Manners”

Jonah 2; Psalm 29; Romans 9:1-5; Matthew 14:22-33 The ancient Hebrews had a thing about the sea, and if we understand it, a lot of things in… Read more “Walking On Water”

Exodus 34:29-35; Psalm 99; 2 Peter 1:13-21; Luke 9:28-36 There’s a funny Hebrew word, “quaran,” that’s used in the story about Moses coming down from Mt. Sinai.… Read more “Transfiguration”

Romans 8:26-34; Matthew 13:31-33, 44-50 In Paul’s letter to the Romans, he mentions our predestination, “those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the… Read more “The Pearl of Great Price”