Whenever I start to take myself too seriously, which seems to be a daily hazard, I head out to look at some mountains. For the last few years, that has meant a short trip on the Blue Ridge Parkway to bask in the aura of the Smokies. Craggy crests and ridges bathed in blue haze […]
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Be Like Water
“The best man is like water. Water is good: it benefits all things and does not compete with them.” -Lao Tzu[i] I teach a course on the New Testament, and my goal this week was to finish the Gospel of Mark. I figured we’d talk about Mark’s somber portrayal of dim-witted disciples and a suffering […]
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