So this is Christmas. But in Bethlehem — the literal cradle of Christianity, where Jesus is celebrated as being born — Christmas celebrations have been canceled. As Axios reports, the […]
Archive | Eschatology
Where’s God in the Pandemic? Making Sense of the Pain with Four Spiritual Views.
By Mike Morrell on September 30, 2021 in Eschatology, Jesus, Leadership, Restorative Justice, Scripture, Storytelling
In the United States, we recently reached a grim milestone: 1 in 500 lives have been claimed by the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Regular readers of this newsletter know that this statistic includes my own […]
God is Not a Math Problem: Feasting on the Holy Trinity.
By Mike Morrell on May 30, 2021 in Biblical, Books, Contemplative, Divine Dance, Emergent, Eschatology, Eucharist, Food, Jesus, Life, Permaculture, Scripture, Storytelling
For the past thousand years, friends of God aspiring to the Way of Jesus have traditionally celebrated this first Sunday after Pentecost as “the Feast of the Holy Trinity.” In […]
Earth to Earth, Dawn to Dawn: Grace Notes in Loss and Living
By Mike Morrell on May 28, 2021 in Eschatology, Jesus, Life, Peace, Scripture, Storytelling, Worship
Dying, Christ absorbs our death. Rising, Christ restores our life. Christ returns again in glory Ever-New Even now As we gather here. How do we best acknowledge those who have […]
Something Strange Is Happening (Holy Saturday)
Entombed, Jesus is befriending our subterranean selves. In the places we rarely acknowledge, he is urging us to wake up! What gifts of high strangeness does Holy Saturday hold for […]