Liminality

Millennials have been the topic of debate. Blogs, books, newspaper articles and religious institutions have spent time, energy, money and a great deal of worry trying to label the differences between "millennials," "Gen-X'ers," "boomers" and "builders." Experts (and others with access to a computer) debate on defining whether or not millennials will be a positive influence on the world. Some find millennials, like me, a waste of space while others see us as game-changing agents. Some believe we are apathetic, narcissistic and cynical. Others think we hold the key to redefining happiness, simplicity and art. Some are sure we uncaringly tear the tightly woven fabric that is the American dream while others believe we are the generation that builds bridges between racially, sexually, religiously and politically divided worlds. It's unfair to think that millennials hold the future salvation or destruction of the cosmos in ou...

In college, I took an Old Testament course that challenged me to think of Genesis 1 not as a sweet fairy-tale or myth, but rather a very intentional, very nuanced and structured environment that took fully into account the use of the six day metaphor. My professor wasn’t arguing for a six, twenty-four hour day Creation story, but he was expressing his belief that the shape of Genesis 1 (and the intent of the writer) provides six literal days to help author a rhythm to life.  We work six days and rest one. It’s the cycle, the pattern of God, that’s important.  And this got me thinking: What if the structure of Genesis 1 has something to offer how we daily live?  Allow me to explain: First, God   dreams .  God sees in the mind’s eye a world pregnant with possibilities.  Then the  ruakh , the breath of God,   hovers .  God peers out over the deep imagining the potential, calculating the odds and setting in motion the impossible. ...