To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here There is no more exasperating and wrenching human reality than suffering. It’s safe to say that “the problem of pain” has historically been the number one obstacle to trusting God. Theologian John Stott put it this way: “The fact of suffering undoubtedly constitutes the single greatest challenge to the Christian faith, and… Read more »
Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth. For a creature that never actually existed, unicorns are very much in fashion. Depending on which dictionary you’re consulting, a unicorn is either a Silicon Valley start-up company worth at least… Read more »
A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the second part of a sentence or phrase turns out to be surprising or unexpected. Often they make us smile. Where there’s a will, I want to be part of it. I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like the passengers in his… Read more »
