by Chris Marley | Mar 16, 2026 | Theology
Genesis 2:4-17 Back before my wife and I had kids, we had a chance to visit Ireland. One of the things that always stuck with me was the signposts at the roundabouts, where the direction to each town was indicated by its own sign. I was trying to shift with my left...
by Chris Marley | Feb 23, 2026 | Theology
Genesis 2:1-3 Much of life, especially rest, is about three things: relationship, time, and place. Those three components can make or break us. You can recover from a rough day by coming home to safety and family. I have strangely fond memories of trying to put a...
by Chris Marley | Jan 26, 2026 | Theology
Genesis 1:26-31 A few years back, a well-meaning, elderly woman in Borja, Spain noticed that a famous fresco in her church was beginning to fall apart. Elias Martinez’ painting Ecce Homo which is Latin for “Behold, man” was flaking and faded. So, she took a stab at...
by Chris Marley | Dec 29, 2025 | Theology
Genesis 1:14-25 Not long ago I officiated an outdoor wedding for two of my church members. I arrived long before the ceremony and spent some time looking over the venue. Off to the left were rows of empty chairs for the ceremony itself, and off to the right were...
by Chris Marley | Nov 24, 2025 | Theology
Genesis 1:3-13 Space is the most important nothing. We define our spaces by walls and fences, even lines on maps. One of Joseph Beuys’ most famous sculptures was Underpass, a 20-ton beef tallow structure in the shape of the negative space under, as you may have...
by Chris Marley | Oct 27, 2025 | Theology
Genesis 1:1-2 We can divide up information into three categories… put them into three boxes, if you will. There are things we know, things we don’t know, and things we don’t know we don’t know. We’re generally comfortable with the things we know, aside from the lyrics...
