Tag: Eschatology

Quietly Anchored by Advent

December 6, 2021 June 20, 2023by Elizabeth Glass Turner

Some things you only discover over the long course of years. This frustrates an economy of optimization, hyper-fixated on immediate improvement and benefit. Wisdom…

Connecting in the Cloud of Witnesses

January 22, 2021 June 20, 2023by Kim Reisman

Churches around the world honor the “cloud of witnesses” who have gone before us – all those people who shaped, challenged, and carried us…

Jackson Lashier ~ Seeing God’s Glory at a Feast

March 2, 2020 June 20, 2023by Jackson Lashier

According to John’s Gospel, the first miracle Jesus performs in his public ministry is to turn water into wine at a wedding. John’s Gospel calls the miracles “signs” because through them we see the glory of God. This sign meant seeing God’s glory at a feast – a wedding banquet.

Philip Tallon ~ Make Buildings that Won’t Be Burnt Up

April 22, 2019 June 20, 2023by Philip Tallon

A wise art teacher used to say, “Make art that won’t be burnt up.” He meant, make art that will outlast the last judgment. Make art that will count as one of the “glories of the nations” brought into the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:26). Beauty attracts us, even when our reasons are unconvinced.

Jeff Rudy ~ Third Day Dimension

February 18, 2019 June 20, 2023by Jeff Rudy

“What do you mean, that’s not my father? Those are the hands that cared for me. Those are the arms that took me up and hugged me. Those are the lips that spoke to me; the eyes that searched for me; the chest on which I fell asleep, knowing I was safe in his care. Everything I have ever known of my father was through this body. Don’t tell me that’s not him.”

Elizabeth Glass Turner ~ Reveal

December 27, 2018 June 20, 2023by Elizabeth Glass Turner

Our world needs to be new again: reborn, pressed against the chest of its Creator. Do galaxies have a newborn smell? Do subatomic particles dance with the hard-to-predict movements of a newborn’s kicking legs? In the youth of the world, did the trees yawn the contented sigh of a just-nursed newborn?

Jackson Lashier ~ Advent, Esther, & the Absence of God

December 16, 2018 June 20, 2023by Jackson Lashier

As good as the story of Esther is, however, it presents us with a problem: God is absent. Unlike other Old Testament stories, where we read of God appearing to Abraham or working behind the scenes to foil the plans of the Pharaoh, the story of Esther never mentions God. Rather, the characters in Esther appear to be acting on their own. God, it seems, is absent.