An Ever-Flowing Stream

Living in God’s Grace

Dust and Ashes

February 24, 2023

I look forward to Ash Wednesday every year. We’re part of a Baptist church that dabbles in the rich liturgies of the ancient church. Some time ago our former pastor introduced us to the old liturgy: ashes to ashes, dust to dust. The first year we found the ritual strange, but over time its potency … More Dust and Ashes

The Passion which Is Passivity

April 10, 2020

The great Kenotic Hymn of Christ in Philippians 2 describes him as one who “did not regard equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking on the form of a servant.” That humble, vulnerable emptying reached its depths in the cruelty of the crucifixion. Ron Rolheiser (Sacred Fire, ch. 9) has noted that … More The Passion which Is Passivity