[Whoops!  I meant to publish this several weeks ago when I wrote it!...]
During our recent discussion on the Resurrection and the different facets of its meaning (particularly as elicited in this Rob Bell video, called “Resurrection”), there was some insistence that the only important meaning of the resurrection was missed – that being that because [...]

For those not paying attention, yesterday was “Everyone Draw Mohammad Day”, where a number of bloggers and websites (most notably a Facebook page, taken down late in the day by FB) purposely collected and posted drawings of the prophet of Islam, Mohammad.
I already touched on this issue a bit a couple of weeks ago (though [...]

So I just finished the Psalms on my Through-the-Bible-in-90-(Commute)-Days journey. One of the last psalms in this book is Psalm 137 – a hauntingly beautiful Psalm that has been worked into modern songs and art. It is set during the Babylonian captivity, and speaks to the sorrow of a people oppressed, persecuted and [...]