Month: March 2026
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The Longing That Leads Beyond: Romantic Love, Eros, and the Desire for God
We have been talking about love, and throughout this series I have tried to steer us away from thinking about love primarily as a romantic feeling. Instead, we focused on the actionable aspects of loveāthe kind of love expressed in service, forgiveness, and care for others. In other words, the kind of love the New…
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Beyond Fairness: Learning the Logic of Grace Through Forgiveness
We have been talking about love and trying to understand its actionable dimensions. Last time, we discussed community and saw how love and grace shaped the early church as it moved from a pseudocommunity into a true community. Today I would like to turn to one of the practices without which love and community simply…
