About those updates...

Yeah...about those reading updates coming in the next few weeks...maybe I should have been more conservative!  My posting history has been very sparse to date.  Got a few questions for you to think about...just going to list what comes to mind...sorry in advance for the sporadic nature of topics.

1. Is Adam's fall more powerful than Christ's resurrection?
2. Is there any question that Jesus cannot handle?  If not then why are we afraid to question?
3. Is it possible that God's love is unconditional? What about His forgiveness?
4. Where's the least likely place for darkness to hide?
5. What if we live in a safe universe?
6. Do you know anyone who has been arrested for living like Jesus?  If not why?
7. Why did Jesus say people would hate you for following Him?  Does it make sense to hate a person like Jesus?
8. Have you ever been told that you can't do anything to earn salvation but then directed to walk somewhere and say certain things to receive salvation?
9. How come we are more harsh on salvific generosity than on salvific stinginess?

Just some questions that surfaced as I was typing (definitely influenced by some recent and not so recent books)...Maybe I will get around to some of those book updates in the next...check that...near...check check that...we'll see :-)

 What questions have come to you lately?

News

I've always thought the word "news" was a little weird.  It sounds a bit bizzare doesn't it?  You think anyone would be interested in the 10 o'clock "olds" as well as the "news."  Or what about the 10 o'clock "second-hands?"  Just saying...

It's been a while (as usual) but here is some big "news" and a few "olds" in my story within the Story definitely linked to our story.

First, I am a dad!  My wife and I welcomed our first son in February!  It has been an adventure to say the least.  God is blessing us beyond measure.  We are so thankful for this new part of our journey.  God has opened spaces within my heart that I did not know existed through my son.  It's definitely a new way of knowing love. 

Second, I have many books I would like to tell you about that I've been reading over the past few months...hopefully over the next few weeks I can "update" you on my readings.  Andrew Marin's book Love is an Orientation: Elevating the Conversation with the Gay Community is very good.  Other authors that I've been reading lately include Thomas Merton, Richard Rohr (as always!), Thomas Moore, Charles Swindoll, Jean Vanier, and Stanley Hauerwas.  More from these readings to come...

Finally, I am currently reading Rob Bell's new book, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived.  It's been big "news" lately around some Christian circles...some like it, some not.  I am half way through it and all I can say is...you need to read this book.  It is conversation dynamite.  More to come on this excellent provocative read later...right now dad duty calls :-)