Posts Tagged ‘15th Sunday After Pentecost’
Structured and Tight, but Open
Both my parents worked away from home all throughout my childhood years. As the eldest child, I was entrusted with the responsibility of looking after my siblings, which included ensuring they were fed.
Read MoreBurn the Ledger
Harry always insisted on buying the pizza.
He was one of six kids from the neighborhood who would gather each week for a Bible study to see if Scripture had anything to say to their lives.
Even though I knew his money wasn’t exactly honest,
Read MoreBinding and Loosening
We start Advent not with shepherds and angels and babies meek and mild. Instead we start with apocalyptic warnings. I don’t like it. I prefer the kids in animal and shepherd costumes—the cute Christmas. But we don’t always get what we want. Instead we start Advent with a passage that is full of images of floods, and people disappearing, and thieves.
Read MoreWhy so Judgey?
One of the disciples poses a question that is essentially asking, “How much do we really have to forgive each other?” Jesus’ response, as was his habit, came in the form of a parable.
Read MoreAn Absolutely Reckless Pedagogy!
In one of my favorite Ted Talks, Educational Technology Specialist Sugata Mitra discusses his experiments with “Hole in the Wall” computers. These are computer kiosks left in Indian slums, among children with no prior contact with PCs. Mitra found that children, by pooling their knowledge and resources, learned how to operate the computers.
Read MoreThe Smell of Grace
A wink of the eye.
Read MoreThe Last and the First
Math in the kingdom of heaven.
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