Sacred Stories: Scripture and Lived Experience
Our image of God depends on how we understand the Bible. Is the Bible a moral rulebook or does it present a larger Truth about humanity’s experience with God told through stories?
Read Moreby andyotto | Sep 6, 2021 | Scripture Reflections | 0
Our image of God depends on how we understand the Bible. Is the Bible a moral rulebook or does it present a larger Truth about humanity’s experience with God told through stories?
Read Moreby andyotto | May 3, 2021 | Scripture Reflections | 0
A female perspective.
Read Moreby andyotto | Jan 25, 2021 | Mercy, Scripture Reflections | 0
We have put too much stock in human governments and institutions. The archetypal pattern found in scripture shows that human kingdoms always fail and God is always trying to draw us back to our original goodness.
Read Moreby andyotto | Oct 4, 2020 | Awareness, Scripture Reflections | 1
Our true selves are within us but sometimes we need a mirror to be held up before us so we can see it, and also see those false-self layers that need to be shed.
Read Moreby andyotto | Sep 21, 2020 | Scripture Reflections, The Tough Questions | 3
Do you read the Gospel and Jesus’ statements through a lens of threat or a lens of freedom? How you do will make a big difference of how you see God, church, and religion.
Read Moreby andyotto | Jun 8, 2020 | Awareness, Scripture Reflections, The Tough Questions | 1
For many of us these days our energies are focused in fewer places than normal, which means those...
Read Moreby guest | Mar 19, 2020 | Prayer, Scripture Reflections | 1
Perseverance and indifference in prayer may seem in conflict, but prayer is an expression of desire followed by a trust in God.
Read Moreby andyotto | Mar 2, 2020 | Ignatian Basics, Scripture Reflections | 1
The evil spirit uses the tactics of riches, honour, and pride to control us. Jesus has a different way.
Read Moreby andyotto | Feb 17, 2020 | Scripture Reflections | 5
My wife Sarah preaches on how God’s boundaries are ways we are freed from our own destructive devices.
Read Moreby andyotto | Jul 8, 2019 | Scripture Reflections | 9
When you put aside titles and labels and paychecks and comfort, are you at home with yourself?
Read Moreby andyotto | Feb 18, 2019 | Scripture Reflections, The Tough Questions | 3
The way Jesus radically loves doesn’t make sense if you use the criteria of this world.
Read Moreby andyotto | Jan 21, 2019 | Scripture Reflections, The Tough Questions | 2
What does Jesus mean when he talks about God’s “kingdom”? He spends a lot of time offering many metaphors for it.
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