Light

May 4, 2016Posted inVillage Posts
In Genesis God creates light and declares it good. In Exodus God provides a light for the Israelites so they could see where they were going and have something tangible to follow. In the book of Job, Job says that God’s light guided him. The Psalms talk about light all the time - often connecting God’s instructions to light. Solomon connects light and wisdom in his writings. God tells…

Thermodynamics of Hell

April 26, 2016Posted inVillage Posts
Thermodynamics of Hell ============================================================ A thermodynamics professor had written a take home exam for his graduate students. It had one question: "Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat), or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with a proof." Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote…

Random poetry

April 14, 2016Posted inVillage Posts1 Comment
Day by day my hands are dry Washing washing soap and lye Hands that cook, hands that clean, hands that hold and cherish things unseen Prep a turkey, drive the car Push the basket, touch a bar Scrub the dishes, mop the grease Rinse the fruit, take a pee Change a diaper, wipe a kid Noses, bottoms, faces, feet Washing washing germs away so sweet. Dried out, cracking, rough…

Neo-Monastic

April 8, 2016Posted inVillage Posts
The Village is a neo-monastic mega house church nestled in the heart of Tucson. Its unique way of following God is born out of a passion to love our neighbors well by taking them into our lives and homes and serving each other out of the gifts and abilities God gives us collectively and individually. It is the way in which we live out our vision to bring healing…