Posts from November 2013

Waiting is not passive; it is proactive. Good waiting requires imagination: the taking hold of a picture of what could be, what will be.  In the early part of his prophesy, Isaiah envisions radical restoration.   He sees a day when weapons of aggression and destruction will be re-purposed into tools of nurture and harvest.  We can actively wait for that vision by living into it now.  Rather than learning war, we can train for reconciliation.  And the very things…

Is there anything more valuable than peace?     We’ve been studying the “priestly blessing” given to Moses by God, Himself, in the Old Testament book called “Numbers” (chapter six).  It is a blessing that is wonderfully concise, powerful, practical and personal.  It’s also progressive.  By that I mean that it begins with a blessing for basic material provision and protection: “The LORD bless you and keep you.”   In other words, “May God give you stuff and protect you…