by Dan Linden | Jun 7, 2026 | Blog
Because of the space limitations of Bible on the Block, I’m only going to focus on verse 1 of this Psalm. But, to truly start at the beginning, please note that the author of this Psalm is King Solomon, the son and heir to the throne of David. Solomon was a man of...
by Stephanie Nakamura | May 24, 2026 | Blog
Wendell Berry begins his poem, “The Peace of Wild Things,” “When despair for the world grows in me.” It’s not if, but when the narrator of the poem feels the grip of such thoughts, he says: “I go and lie down where the wood drake / rests in his beauty on the water,...
by Dan Linden | Apr 19, 2026 | Blog
In this section of Scripture the Roman Procurator, Pontius Pilate, is trying to determine how to dispose of the “problem” of Jesus. He is thinking about his job of keeping peace in the province of Palestine, of keeping the local authorities of the Sanhedrin...
by Stephanie Nakamura | Apr 5, 2026 | Blog
Jesus’ embodied presence was the medium of his ministry – he willfully operated within the confines of human experience and connected with people in this way. Often, he offended the deeply held beliefs of many through matter and physicality: eating and drinking...
by Valerie Baggett | Apr 1, 2026 | Blog
I pray also for those who will believe in me . . . that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. (John 17:20-21) Suppose that you had lived and worked in a...
by Dan Linden | Mar 24, 2026 | Blog
Words are so important. Just ask the Apostle John who begins his Gospel by saying, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” In John 15:26, he uses the Greek word parakletos which our ESV translation calls “the Counselor.” Let’s...
