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Continue reading →: Birth of Australian JesusNativity: Birth of Australian Jesus by Reg Mombassa
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Continue reading →: Eve: The First PandoraThe stories of Eve and Pandora are equated in this 1550 painting by Jean Cousin the Elder, Eva Prima Pandora (Eve the first Pandora). It features a naked woman reclining in a grotto. Her right elbow rests on a skull, indicating the bringing of death, and she holds an apple…
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Continue reading →: Anti-semitism is UnChristianChristian anti-Semitism is fundamentally illogical. Not only was Jesus Himself Jewish, but so were the vast majority of the earliest Christians, including most of the authors of the New Testament. Whether they realize it or not, those who harbor prejudice against Jews are, in essence, harboring prejudice against key figures…
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Continue reading →: Blessings of deep peaceDeep peace of the running wave to you, Deep peace of the flowing air to you, Deep peace of the quiet earth to you, Deep peace of the shining stars to you, Deep peace of the Son of Peace to you, for ever. (Source unknown – early Scottish)
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Continue reading →: I Came Into The Unknown: A Poem by St John of the Cross“I came into the unknown and stayed there unknowing rising beyond all science. I did not know the door but when I found the way, unknowing where I was, I learned enormous things, but what I felt I cannot say, for I remained unknowing, rising beyond all science. It was…
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Continue reading →: Terminator Jesus: Dark FateIn honour of the release of Terminator: Dark Fate, here is some religiously themed Terminator art. I kind of like in a way that some of these images show the myth of redemptive violence (against enemies), that is on full display in the Terminator franchise, conflicts with the Christian understanding…
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Continue reading →: Stories for MysticsStories are fairly foundational to different Christian traditions so I think it’s worth reflecting for a moment on the stories that have been most important to Christian mysticism over the centuries. Stories that are most frequently referenced include Jacob’s ladder, Moses and the burning bush, Moses receiving the ten commandments,…
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Continue reading →: Are we singing to the tune of Jesus?We are called to be united in Christ. We are not called to be united in culture. On the contrary, the book of Revelation looks forward to the best that each and every culture has to offer being brought under the lordship of Christ. There should be no such thing…
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Continue reading →: Not always moral examplesI despair at Christians who read the Bible in a flat manner. The examples of Abraham, Moses, David, and Jesus were never meant to be taken as equivalent moral examples. Abraham was a terrible husband and father, David was a rapist and murderer, and even Moses stuffed up to the…
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Continue reading →: Deconstruct Them All: The Importance of Questioning Traditions More BroadlyOne piece of advice I offer to Christians navigating the process of deconstructing their faith is this: don’t limit your deconstruction to just one specific tradition or denomination—expand it to encompass all Christian traditions. Often, when people begin deconstructing, they’re reacting to a particular branch of Christianity that they’ve grown…
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