The baptized belong to the world to come and are called to live like it here and now.

Eighteen years ago Peri and visited the mountain-perched monasteries of Meteora. Today we returned and found them just as magical as we remembered.

War is not the way.
The way of war has no future—
It’s as archaic as the Stone Age.

War is not the way.
War is hell—
Sure as hell ain’t the Jesus way!

War is not the way.
There is no way to peace—
Peace is the way.

War is not the way.
Jesus is the Way—
The Truth and the Life.

Super Market

Tonight we’re in the Parnassus mountains—the spiritual heart of pre-Christian Greece. Greek mythology was rich and fascinating, but when the *true* myth of the gospel finally arrived, the old gods were out of business.

Delphi. I did not consult the Oracle, but I did get some important clarification on how to proceed with my next book—Paths of Unseen Existences.

Did you know you can participate in Unite 2024 online?

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Receiving a kind and unexpected email from Walter Brueggemann while traveling in Greece justifies the existence of the internet…at least for me. 😎

Mosaics in Corinth — where Paul lived and preached for eighteen months.

These days I have less answers, positions, causes, or political theories than ever before.

The one thing I really believe is that b/c Jesus is the savior of the world, the world will be saved.

Call me naive or simple, I don’t mind.

This is my one and only hope for the world.

Chiming in from Athens, Greece to remind everyone that it’s not too late to join me in St. Paul, MN for UNITE (Apr 24-26) with Jesus Collective.

People are flying in from Australia and Africa for these 3 days but you can join us online.

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Parthenon

In Athens on Mars Hill (Areopagus) with the Parthenon in the background. (Acts 17:16-34)

Yes, it was windy.

One more from Santorini.

Santorini, Greece

The Church of Saint Titus on the Island of Crete — said to house the skull of Titus. 💀

When the church sets out to “change the world,” it only becomes the world.

To be an authentic witness to the reality of Christ does not involve the pursuit of the coercive means of power.