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September 6, 2022
Reason vs Revelation: How God Speaks
“Can’t they just look it up?”This is was the response to my comment on a contributor’s essay that they include a footnote explaining the word “liminal” in their essay for the upcoming issue of An Unexpected Journal on Joy. I will readily own that maybe at times I ask for over explanation on the essays where I edit. I ask writers to include footnotes to explain theological concepts, the backstory of events, context of what the source they are citing is referring to, and yes, sometimes I ask f...
August 30, 2022
Called by God: The Call is Not the Qualifying
The call is not the qualifying. What does that mean? At times you may hear someone say, “I’ve been called by God to …” or “God told me to …” Then the outcome of what they told you God “called” them to do ends up being a complete and total mess, a very wrong and bad outcome. It is situations like that where you might think that the person is a kook or a charlatan, that they mistook God’s call, or maybe that God doesn’t speak or “call” at all.Sometimes a person actually is a charlatan. Sometim...
