the fierce power of words

When Gail was in the writing center this morning, she told me that a good friend of hers (a young friend at age 57) had had a heart attack, was now in a coma, and was not expected to live. She said she (Gail) was one of those people who believes in the power of [...]

anger crucified, love arose

“The Bible in 50 Words”
God made
Adam bit
Noah arked
Joseph ruled
Jacob fooled
Bush talked [the shrub not the president!]
Moses balked
Pharoah plagued
People walked
Sea divided
Tablets guided
Promise landed
Saul freaked
David peeked
Prophets warned
Jesus born
God walked
Love talked
Anger crucified
Hope died
Love rose
Spirit flamed
Word spread
God remained.
I love the New Testament part especially. “God remained” — that’s cool… a simple yet strong sense of God being the last [...]

What I went through to meet a biblical scribe

[Originally posted on our Writing Center blog]
(Parts of Psalm 119, found in Cave 11 and dating to the first century.)
I’ve studied biblical languages, taken biblical studies courses, stared at many a facsimile of biblical manuscripts, but there’s nothing as powerful as being in the presence of original ink on original parchment from two thousand plus [...]