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“God loves this universe. And gave Their one and only son so that all that believe in him will not be destroyed but have life without end” (John 3.16). Everything goes wrong so fast. Before you take a breath adversaries… Read morePopcorn Summer 2: Kobayashi Maru

“‘What’s the prize for someone if they gain this whole world but destroy and lose themselves’” (Luke 9.25)? Shall we play a game? That’s the question that sets things into motion in the June 1983 film WarGames, which starred Matthew… Read morePopcorn Summer 2: A strange game

“I tell you the truth, those who do not accept the Dream of the Divine like a child would will never experience it” (Luke 18.17). What is it about lightning and robots? Maybe it goes back to 1939’s Frankenstein where… Read morePopcorn Summer 2: Who’s Johnny

“But just as it’s written, ‘That which the eye hasn’t seen nor ear heard neither occurred to the human heart all that the Divine has made for those in relationship with Them” (1 Corinthians 2.9). Sometimes things are just too… Read morePopcorn Summer 2: We call it human nature

“The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ” (Mark 1.1). As Easter season comes to its close, we stand at the edge of another, this one long that’ll stretch from until December. The summer sun will hang long in… Read moreAbrupt: Beginnings

“Be aware, be on the lookout; because, you don’t know the when the time may come” (Mark 13.33). You do not know, Jesus told those who followed him. This verse comes from what is often called the “little apocalypse.” Jesus… Read moreAbrupt: Uncertain

“When the Sabbath ended, Mary of Magdalene and Mary, James’ and Salome’s mother, purchased spices so they could anoint Jesus” (Mark 16.1). What is the Sabbath? Not Sunday, I mean. Not the tradition of church going and big lunches and… Read moreAbrupt: After the Sabbath

“He said to them, ‘Don’t be startled. You’re looking for Jesus of Nazareth, the one crucified. He’s been raised and isn’t here. See, here’s the place they laid him’” (Mark 16.6). How can this figure say that with a straight… Read moreAbrupt: Startled

“Coming into the tomb, they saw a young man seated to the right clothed in a long white robe. And they were startled” (Mark 16.5). According to Mark’s Gospel, on the night of Jesus’ arrest there was a young man… Read moreAbrupt: Clothed

“They said to each other, ‘Who’ll roll back the stone from the tomb’s entrance?’” (Mark 16.3). Jesus does little if anything in the account we read from Mark. If, as we spoke of last week, the book ends with the… Read moreAbrupt: Inaction