Last week we looked at John’s version of the feeding of the five thousand and thought about it as a collaborative effort, the result of God’s non coercive love, making it a sign of the Kingdom of God. We also mentioned that the Roman Empire controlled access to food. Author Diana Butler Bass has a […]
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How Does He [Jesus] Do It?
Why does God appear to intervene in the lives of people sometimes and not other times? A partial answer (partial because no one besides God has the complete answer), involves considering that there are some things God cannot do. Notice – not will not do, but cannot do. God cannot do some things because God […]