Aug 12, 2019 | books, justice, lament, news, theodicy
On the wicked, God will rain coals of fire and sulfur; a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup. For the LORD is righteous. (Psalm 11:6-7, NRSV) Is God still righteous if the wicked thrive? Maybe you’ve noticed that there are children weeping in the...
Jun 17, 2017 | Jesus, racism, theodicy
I cannot sit at your clean white feet waiting for the blue skies of eternity while there is white-induced hell on earth. I cannot pray to your sweet white face or repeat your white savior fairytales that twist hope with capitalism and manifest destiny. I cannot preach...
Apr 13, 2017 | Lent, prayer, theodicy
If You really must go let me at least say it’s made a difference knowing You walking with You learning from You, so thank You for that. It’s meant the world to me but more than that — You’ve changed me with Your generosity of time, of...
Dec 6, 2016 | Advent, lament, prayer, theodicy
Still I wait. Still I listen. Still there is only disappointment. We have waited. We have hoped. Perhaps now at long last God will answer the generations who have cried. Perhaps. But here — here is a shoulder for comfort until God comes. Unless God doesn’t...
Jun 17, 2016 | justice, love, scripture, theodicy
Ahab will come armed with scripture and swords and prophets to say ‘you are wrong’ to say ‘your life is anathema to mine’ to say ‘it is my god-given task to make your life hell’ and he’s right — not that he must make...
Dec 18, 2015 | Advent, hope, nature, prayer, theodicy
There must be you. There has to be you. Without you, how will I sleep at night? How will I rest if not in the knowledge that you are there — beside, behind, before, long ago and forever? Without you, how will I laugh in the storm? Only the impossibility of you...
