They forge a Christ where lines of hate divide, Wrapped in the flag, where borders coincide With holy ground, demanding fealty sworn To earthly power, since the day He’s born Again, they claim, in halls where eagles scream, And scripture twists to fit a patriot dream. His crown, a helmet; and His cross, a sword;His [...]
Tag: Christ
Christ Comes Now
Christ is not a distant name, not bound to time, not locked in fame. Not one alone, but all, the whole, the pulsing breath, the cosmic soul. The Word was spoken, shaped in dust,the hands of God in sacred trust.Not once, not past, not gone away,but rising now, this very day. The flame of stars, [...]
Reinterpreting the Resurrection Beyond the Literal
A belief in the Resurrection does not have to include belief in the literal reanimation of Jesus' body, that his dead human body literally came back to life and walked out of the tomb. I suggest there are other ways of interpreting the Resurrection myth that are far less unbelievable in our modern age where [...]
Matthew 16:13-20, BHT: “Upon this Rock”
A new addition to the Bryce Haymond Translation (BHT). I had already translated it once before, but I added a new translation that suggests other interpretations. There is no one "right" translation. The scriptures are endlessly translatable, because the mystical is essentially ineffable, transcending all words, and so there are perhaps infinite layers of meaning [...]
Is God Personal? A Mystical View
Many think God is a personal God, even a person. I suggest there is truth in that, but perhaps not as we usually think.
“I AM You”
a poem
Have You Seen the Christ?
a poem
#46 Josh Radnor’s “First Vision” Account
The sitcom celebrity of How I Met Your Mother had an entheogenic "First Vision" experience of "Christ," and lives to tell about it.
1 Corinthians 12:12-31 BHT: The One and the Many
Paul talks about "Christ" as the One, and persons as the parts that make up that One.
Did Jesus Ever Doubt His Oneness in God?
We seem to often think that Jesus always knew perfectly that he was One in God, and that this realization never wavered his entire life. But did it?