God Blogs

Scripture is meant to be prayed as well as read. You can open yourself to the inspired words of God and let them address you; you can and must respond to Scripture, so as to enter into a kind of dialogue with God through the medium of the Bible. Such an activity has been going […]

If you want to understand the Hebrew Bible, you have to understand the meaning of two of the major words. If you would better grasp what God is about and what is going on between God and Israel – make that between God and humanity – you need to grasp their significance. The first word […]

Christians are urged to pray for others through the healing power of Jesus Christ. You simply have to risk believing that Jesus continues to bring healing of body, soul and spirit. And also that as a Christian, God can and will empower you to pray not only for the healing of others, but also for […]

Doing is important. We spend our days doing and thinking about things we want and need to do. Our identity and sense of value is wrapped up in what we do. In a real way, we are what we do; what we do determines who we are. When we define our faith life, we likely […]

We are made of word. And we are made of silence. We need both for life, for love. Silence is as important to knowing ourselves and others as words. As the intervals of silence between the notes of music permit music to breathe and take flight, so silence in the intimacy of love lets love […]

The following is an exchange between a mystic and a skeptic about whether and how you can know God. It should be clear which of the two voices is my own: A: I know God. B: What do you mean by “know God”? A: I mean I had an actual encounter with God. B: How […]