Book of Common Words

  • Lost

    Lost

    Friends, welcome to The Book of Common Words, where we explore the Christian spirituality of being human through poetry and prose about my life, art, and the Christian…

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  • The Garden is a Seed

    The Garden is a Seed

    Friends, welcome to The Book of Common Words, where we explore the Christian spirituality of being human through poetry and prose about my life, art, and the Christian…

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  • Here He Comes, Riding in Glory (Glory not Power pt.2)

    Here He Comes, Riding in Glory (Glory not Power pt.2)

    My view of the end of time isn’t as dramatic as it used to be. The biblical accounts of the end are no longer hidden, cryptic messages waiting…

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  • The Dangers of Dispensationalism (Glory Not Power pt. 1)

    The Dangers of Dispensationalism (Glory Not Power pt. 1)

    The end of time has always fascinated me. I grew up in a household that held firmly to a dispensational reading of revelation, choosing to take the metaphors…

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  • Subverting the Patriarchy in the Passion of Christ

    Subverting the Patriarchy in the Passion of Christ

    What does it take to be a man? This question haunts the halls of churches obsessed with de-feminizing Christianity. Apparently, the church has grown soft and feminine, thus…

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  • In the Breaking of the Bread

    In the Breaking of the Bread

    Friends, welcome to The Book of Common Words, where we explore the Christian spirituality of being human through poetry and prose about my life, art, and the Christian…

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