The second article of the Creed teaches us something important about God and math, namely that God uses math when He feels like it – but there are other times, especially in relation to His being, He eschews math for something greater, Himself. This means that He is 3 and also 1 and also 3…

Many of you know that last week Liz and I were in Orlando for Pastoral Leadership Institute’s “Missional Leader” training. This is a 2 year continuing education program that Liz and I are doing thanks to a generous $2000/year grant from the FLGA District and a $1000/year grant from University Lutheran.   A part of…

Scorsese’s 1990 mobster film, “Goodfellas” revolves around the story of Henry Hill and several other associates as they navigate the waters of mafia drug trafficking. In one of those scenes, Henry talks about what it means to be what they call a “made man”. A made man was someone who was officially brought into the…