Monday was what I call a “car day.” I traveled 382 miles on Monday, so the day began early and I missed the morning reading. The days since, and the next immediately ahead, are detail filled. But, I took some time this morning to read around.
The Best Brick in the Wall: Inside London’s Paradise For Pink Floyd Fans
Nico Hines, DailyBeast
If Liberals Hate Him, Then Trump Must Be Doing Something Right
Charles J. Sykes, The New York Times
Are You More or Less Likely To Believe Police Testimony
Michael Smerconish, Philly.com
Protecting Your Digital Life in 9 East Steps
Jonah Engel Bromwich, Personal Tech (The New York Times)
Liberty University, Your Roots Are Showing
Carol Howard Merritt, The Christian Century
When the World Is Led By A Child
David Brooks, The New York Times
How Important Are Political Norms to US Democracy
Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor
What are the opportunities in a recent, challenging life experience?
Daily Question, Gratefulness.org
We tracked the Trump scandals on right-wing news sites. Here’s how they covered it.
Alvan Chang, Vox.com
John’s theological handbook offers an apologists perspective of the way, truth, and life of Jesus of Nazareth in support of a substitutionary atonement Christology. This has become the orthodox theology and approved popular interpretation of this bit of scripture from which all kinds of awful Christian action, and meant to be graceful Christian action, has come to pass. My own interpretation, that appears in sermons and writings from time to time, reads: The way of Jesus leads to truth about God, and that way can lead to meaningful life. It can even restore life. It can be life saving. That interpretation doesn’t have a salvation certainty that many yearn for, but the authentic teaching stories of Jesus are not meant for certainty. They are meant for learning, over and over again, incarnate lessons.
A colleague has some words for Christian orthodoxy, on Mother’s day no less, from the pulpit talking about the way of Jesus. The Way, by Rev. Jarrett Banks, includes this paragraph.
Jesus didn’t say the Bible-Belt-culture evangelicalism manufactured for the self-interest of the privileged was the way. He didn’t say some alternative gospel created to ignore God’s will for social justice was the truth. And he didn’t say that the fake good news made up to cheapen the grace of the irrefutable good news was the life. He said that he was.
Read more at Downward, Upward, and Forward Behind Jesus