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This passage in Matthew 5:48, and others like it (cf. 1 Pet. 1:15-16), has always confused me: “You shall be perfect (τέλειοι), as your heavenly father is perfect (τέλειός).” If we understand perfection as something that’s unattainable this side of heaven, and if we see God as qualitatively and categorically different from us in holiness and perfection, then . . . → Read More: Perfection in the Sermon on the Mount: Attainable or Not? Our winter garden is now about two months old (though the planning and seedling starts began in August 2011), so I thought I’d give a (partial) pictorial update of what’s been happening in our 250 square foot plot. Fava Beans First up, we’ve got 48 square feet of fava beans growing, occupying two of our 6′ x . . . → Read More: Kuo Family Winter Garden 2011-2012: Mid-Season Update In my reading, I’ve been encountering some challenging suggestions by Michael Northcott from his book The Environment and Christian Ethics. First, he contends that the development of a market economy, a system that basically made everything “ownable” (i.e. land, buildings, labor, time, etc.) has led to a disregard for the value of non-human objects like rivers, . . . → Read More: Did the Market Economy and Modern Science Lead to Some of Today’s Ecological Issues? Green Onions! A tip we got from our friends the Satakes: Instead of repeatedly going to the grocery store to pick up a bunch of green onions, and wondering how in the world you’re going to use all eleven bunches when you only needed one, you can plant some in your garden straight from the market! . . . → Read More: Get a Year-Round Supply of Green Onions for Two Bucks I was reading through Matthew 3:1-9 today, and came across a familiar phrase in verse 2: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near” (Μετανοεῖτε· ἤγγικεν γὰρ ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν.) Interestingly, the verb translated “has come near” (ἤγγικεν) is in the perfect tense, giving the sense that the kingdom has already drawn near, and also persists . . . → Read More: The Kingdom of Heaven is Near, and Stays Near |
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