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How Many Lights Do You See – Four or Five? (the scandal of certainty in uncertain times)
A simple phrase at the start of Luke’s gospel sucker-punched the solar plexus of my soul. Luke is the logical gospel for the season, so I dove in headlong, not suspecting any immediate surprise in such familiar territory. Suddenly, there it was, this throbbing heart hunger, identified and called out by the author/physician at the …[ read more ]
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A Bird in the Hand, Jack Kerouac and the Dangerous Idolatry of Certainty
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. This is a saying for people who like certainty. I am continually amazed at people who are certain of things. Have you met these folk? They abound in all walks of life but seem particularly drawn to the church and they are sure of …[ read more ]