Category Archives: belief systems

Seeing God

From Dean Ohlman on February 4, 2012

I’ve enjoyed outdoor hobbies for as long as I can remember, and apparently even longer. (My first camping trip was at a mere 3 weeks old.) Some of my earliest memories are of exploring the “woods” next to our home … 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 »

Wildness Will Save the World

From Dean Ohlman on January 19, 2012

While spending a few days thinking through the meaning of Nicolai Berdyaev’s declaration that “beauty will save the world,” I bought Joel Salatin’s new, guilt-inducing book Folks, This Ain’t Normal: A Farmer’s Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a … Continue reading »

Earth Theology

From Dean Ohlman on January 10, 2012

Earth theology. That phrase likely makes many conservative Christians uncomfortable.  It shouldn’t.  Whose earth is it anyway?  Does it belong to the New Agers?  Does it belong to the secular humanists?  To the pagans?  To the pantheists?  No it does … Continue reading »