The Daily Things

From Dean Ohlman on January 30, 2012

If you’re like me, you’re captivated by economic, political, social, theological issues. I like to contemplate the discovery of grand plans and heroic actions that will save the world, the economy, the society, the church. Whenever my mind goes off … Continue reading »

Baptizing Cats

From Dean Ohlman on January 28, 2012

Let me share a delight with you: I’m reading Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize novel Gilead. The novel is written as a memoire of an aging pastor to his seven-year-old son (offspring of a late second marriage—his first wife having died … Continue reading »

The Vision of Narnia

From Dean Ohlman on January 25, 2012

It was in preparation for this post that I first saw the amazing parallel between Psalm 148:1-6, 11-13 and  Revelation 5:5:11-13.  Each passage offers hymns of praise to the Creator—the Psalm written almost a thousand years before the first coming … Continue reading »

God’s Loving Curse

From Dean Ohlman on January 23, 2012

I have a theory about the curse in Genesis.  Here’s the passage: KEY SCRIPTURE: To Adam [the Creator] said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat of … Continue reading »

The Cathedral of God’s Glory

From Dean Ohlman on January 21, 2012

Few people fail to be touched by a stunning photo of natural beauty or a gripping verbal description of natural events.  But that’s not enough for our souls.  To allow creation’s meaning to touch us deeply, we must experience it. … Continue reading »