Monthly Archives: January 2013

On the Rebel Jesus

Ecologist and theologian Wendell Berry has written that Christianity as it is practiced in the United States “has little to do with what Jesus actually thought.” (Blessed Are the Peacemakers, p. 3).  I have heard a variation on Berry’s thought … Continue reading

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On Encountering God

I envy people who state they have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. I envy people who believe they talk with God. Such encounters I’m sure are life-changing. Have I had encounters with God? Indeed I have but they are … Continue reading

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