Author: Steve

  • May 10, 2024
    EFFECTS OF GRIEF DENIAL “I didn’t lose a child,” I say, feeling irritation rising in me. “My focus was the…

  • May 8, 2024
    RESEARCH Ariel pops up and heads to the kitchen for the bottle of wine and three glasses. "I'll also get…

  • May 3, 2024
    MY BODY BEGINGS TO SHAKE I'm silent as she holds me. Then the strangest thing begins to happen. I feel…

  • May 1, 2024
    END OF THE DAY   I can't tell you anything that happens from the time I leave the church until…

  • April 26, 2024
    AN INVITATION TO TRUST A REDEMPTIVE GOD Using the cross and the resurrection as our template for how God works…

  • April 24, 2024
    CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS How would our prayers of confession be different if we tried to reflect Christ as a body…

  • April 19, 2024
    GOD’S HISTORY OF SURPRISES Approaching the problem of racism from the perspective of a redemptive God means acknowledging our sins…

  • April 17, 2024
    SAVED TO COMMUNITY In God’s economy, we are saved to community. We not only need to confess, but we need…

  • April 12, 2024
    TRUST THAT GOD TRANSFORMS Redemptive Theology trusts in the creative power of God, who is not only not defeated by evil…

  • April 10, 2024
    AN INVITATION TO TRUST A REDEMPTIVE GOD Using the cross and the resurrection as our template for how God works…