Monthly Archives: May 2020

Love: Dorothy Day

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Steve Harper

​If life is love expressed, as we saw it last week in Gandhi, then we have no better example of it than in the life of Dorothy Day.  Like Gandhi, her soul force was the force of love. Dorothy Day … Continue reading →

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Love: Mahatma Gandhi

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Steve Harper

​This week, we look outside Christianity to see the universality of love, using the witness of Gandhi as our illustration.   He is also a good follow up to our look at Teilhard de Chardin last week, because Gandhi too saw … Continue reading →

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Love: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Steve Harper

​Looking last week at E. Stanley Jones’ all-encompassing theology of love provides us the opportunity to see the same thing scientifically through the writing of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, who saw love as the physical structure of the universe. Love … Continue reading →

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Love: E. Stanley Jones

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Steve Harper

​I have previously identified E. Stanley Jones as the overall most major influence in my theological and spiritual life.  His influence only increased when, years ago, I discovered that he wrote an entire book on love, ‘Christian Maturity.’ [1]  Like … Continue reading →

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In-Sight: The Laughing Jesus

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Steve Harper

“You will laugh” (Luke 6:21) is the only time Jesus referred to laughter, but, but it is certainly not the only time he laughed.  He went to many parties, and you don’t do that without laughing a lot.  He told … Continue reading →

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