by James Gordon | Apr 19, 2022 | Opinion
Flourish is a rich and reassuring word. From the Latin stem florere, it relates to flowers. To flourish is to “develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly congenial environment.” Who wouldn’t want to flourish,...
by James Gordon | Mar 16, 2022 | Opinion
Psalm 63:1-8 is not for the nonchalant. It vibrates with emotional intensity and assumed intimacy. Body and soul, the whole person is defined at least for this moment, by longing for the felt nearness and accompanying assurance of God. Thirst for God and prolonged...
by James Gordon | Jul 19, 2021 | Opinion
Reading the text of the prophet Nahum is an exercise in theology in the service of imagination, and imagination in the service of theology. Yes, it is a “text of terror,” a tour de force description of the defeat, fall and ultimate humiliation of Nineveh, the greatest...
by James Gordon | Jan 28, 2021 | Opinion
There’s a lot of sobering news around. I could make a list for you to read, but you’re ahead of me. You know as well as I do that watching the news online, on TV or in the papers is an exercise in discouragement and sadness. The psalmists, good poets that they were,...
by James Gordon | Oct 27, 2020 | Opinion
We’ve all had to find our own ways of coping with a restricted way of life while we co-exist with COVID-19. Apparently, lots of folk have been tuning in to Bob Ross, the American painter, instructor and television host on his own program, The Joy of Painting. It helps...
