Do we want the whole gospel? Or will we pick and choose gospel-elements that seem most helpful or pertinent to us? Will we settle for less than the Messiah Jesus intended in his life, death and resurrection? Or will we, by grace, pursue and expect a new way of living as human beings that requires …
Author Archives: David Kendall
A Kairos-Moment for a Cross and Resurrection Narrative
Most of us were prepared to hunker down and endure what we expected to be the most rancorous electoral season of our lifetime, amped up on the steroids of impeachment and conspiratorial speculation. Then, the COVID19 pandemic invaded and sent us all to our rooms for an extended stay, only now in more recent weeks …
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RACISM’S UGLY UNDERBELLY
In these days of recovery from the global pandemic of COVID-19 and the resurgence of the global spiritual pandemic of racism—perhaps a series of spikes in outbreaks—we are right to look first to see whether we have a board stuck in our eye before we note the dust we think may obscure the vision of …
TO STAND UP TO STAND WITH
Followers of Messiah Jesus know that the world is often upside down and inside out relative to the Kingdom of God. We expect therefore to encounter hatred not love; selfishness not sacrifice; violence not gentleness; and bearing of crosses not crowns. We expect this because we are followers of Jesus. In recent days, followers of …
Living the Resurrection-Story
The Jesus story declares that the human story does not end with death! To be sure, death looms largely within the story. Along the way we read of people dying, and as the story moves forward Jesus begins to make ominous predictions of his own death. The simple, sad, and undeniable fact of life appears …