In this article, I will outline a way how Christianity might regain a public voice and function. While the proposed changes are very drastic, they are deeply rooted in the...
Christ as the Absence of God
What I’m going to write here may sound controversial to some. But it is necessary that I do this. Before I plunge ahead, I think it is important to state...
The Resurrection as Natural Event
The Resurrection needs to be seen, not as a supernatural in-breaking of God’s power in the natural order, but as a natural event. In fact the resurrection is so natural...
The Eternal Melody: Mendelssohn and Bonhoeffer
Blogpost for Cultivare on Patheos, January 2014. Dutch conductor Hans Vonk once said of Beethoven: His music is the truth and nothing but the truth. It is true that where...
The Re-incarnation of the Word
“In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God. … The Word became flesh and has lived among us.” We have grown used to these words. God...