There’s a wonderful passage in the forty-fifth chapter of Isaiah. The prophet mocks those who worship idols. Their gods, he says, are cut from the same wood that built the fire, which baked your bread. And you now bow down… Read moreThe Redemption Project – Idols

There’s several drafts of abandoned attempts to say what is in my heart this week. Most of them wanted to try and discern some meaning, give some prophetic word that might speak to the heart of our country. There was… Read moreThe Redemption Project – Our Prince

Oh yes, you did laugh. Sarah, in her tent in the middle of the day, long past hope, laughs. The stranger that Abraham is entertaining repeats the old, old promise that she would have a son. The words carry across… Read moreThe Redemption Project – Laughter

We find ourselves, after a week of protests that led the President who, in a grab for power, chased away protestors to pose with a Bible, at Trinity Sunday. Here, early in this new season, we think again about the… Read moreThe Redemption Project – Icons and Idols