Luke 18:31-34 I often resonate with the disciples in their most obtuse moments, because I'm usually in that place myself. In today's reading, Jesus didn't mince his words. He laid out the reality of what he was facing in the very near future: humiliation, trials, betrayal, torture, beatings, crucifixion... he was blunt. But the disciples... Continue Reading →
Superman Isn’t a Messiah… and He Can’t Save You
(((((((((SPOILER ALERT!!!!!))))))))))) Ladies and gentlemen, today has been a terrible day. Terrible. Today, before my very eyes, my childhood hero (and the childhood hero of my father and my father's father before him) withered away and became just another implement of all the evil that exists in this world (and beyond). Since the 1930s, Superman... Continue Reading →