Lamenting and Learning from Hiroshima
Today marks the day that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Here's a really meaningful way to remember the day, by reading the words of George Zabelka, who was an Air Force chaplain that blessed the me...
"What is Truth?" in the Midst of Tsunamis and Radioactivity
Almost six months have passed since the earthquake and tsunami hit northern Japan, ending the lives of over 20, 000 people. Reconstruction efforts move steadily forward, even as concerns about the possibili...
Hiroshima and the Transfiguration: A Meditation
It must be one of the extraordinary accidents of history that the first atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, which marks the annual Feast of the Transfiguration for Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox ...
A Prayer for Japan
It is too soon for meaning-making with the ongoing crisis in Japan. There will be time later to determine its ramifications for the world economy, for the future of the much-vaunted "nuclear renaissance." Bu...
Jesus in Japan (Libya & Bahrain): “I was hungry, thirsty…” and you fought about Rob Bell on Twitter?
I’m not one of these people who thinks doctrine isn’t important. I think it’s incredibly important. I think part of the huge popularity of the New Reformed movement is that this movement thinks doctrine is impo...
Radiation Leaks, Creation Care, and Much Prayer
The latest reports say that over 140, 000 people are devastatingly positioned in Japan to be affected by potential radiation leaks from the nearby Nuclear Plant. Japanese officials have ordered these 140, 000 f...