Author: Krista Lyn White
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Religious Consumer Expectations
“I went to the church for a year, but the pastor’s sermons just didn’t speak to me.” “I liked the music… but no one ever came up and introduced themselves to me.” “I attended the women’s Bible study… but no one seemed to care about what I had to say.” Merely going to a church…
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Imagine No Clocks
When Jesus returns, and the earth and the sky are transformed, there will be no clocks. Time will disappear. Hard to imagine. And, maybe frightening for some. But, as godlike as time might seem, one day time will give way to eternity. So… Imagine there’s no alarm clocks.It’s easy if you tryNo boss to give you hellNo one to…
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Martin Luther King, Jr. On Voting Your Conscience
Most people will not change until they stand to lose something. This is not the Christian ethic. The Christian, just like Jesus, is willing to lose that others might gain. Martin Luther King, Jr. was willing to lose that others might gain. Like his namesake, the Protestant reformer, Martin Luther, King took on a powerful system…
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Ten Thousand Words are Worth a Picture
Photography is more than an artistic expression. It borders on obsession, for me. On my travels, it has been my way of capturing what I couldn’t bring home, and what I couldn’t write about. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then ten thousand words would not be sufficient to describe what floats behind each…
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Theology in the Details
Perhaps you’ve seen it. Michelangelo’s Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome is glorious. And, he is naked. There’s a lot of nakedness on the ceiling of that church. And, not just physical nakedness. The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is one of the most familiar collective works of art in the…
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The Maternal-ness of God
“Is God a man or a woman?” my nephew asked. He was only three. He was looking for categories. We need categories. God made us that way. We don’t just need order. We crave order. However. God is not a man God is not a woman. But, He became a man. That was born of…