“[All the ancient wisdom] tells us that work is necessary to us, as much a part of our condition as mortality; that good work is our salvation and our joy; that shoddy or dishonest or self-serving work is our curse and our doom. We have tried to escape the sweat and sorrow promised in Genesis […]
Archive for the ‘Creation’ Category
Reflections on Agriculture and Work
September 14, 2012Why Did God Create?
August 13, 2012Why did God create? That seems like an impossible question to answer, but maybe it isn’t. The same question could be posed to us. Why do we create? Why do we have children? They are expensive. We must devote a vast amount of time to caring for them. They cause us anxiety and sometimes […]
Living in Community
August 2, 2012We often do not talk about the importance of community, even though it is present from the very beginning. God dwells in community. He is one and three. The trinity is a perfect communion. God also creates in community. The Father, Son, and Spirit all play a role in creation. In Gen. 1:26 God says, […]
I’m Amazed
July 12, 2012I’m amazed by all kinds of things. I’ve seen many changes in my short lifetime. I’ve seen things created that I didn’t think possible. As a child I was amazed by a large computer that was not color and only performed the simplest of tasks, but now I carry a much superior computer in my […]
