Emphasis Preaching Journal

Trying to explain salvation, Wendell Berry tells a parable about a hunter who falls down an abandoned well, disappearing suddenly out of the lighted world. He falls so quickly that he doesn't have time even to ask what is happening. He hits water, goes under, comes up, swims, or clings to the wall, inserting his fingers between the rocks. You cannot help imagining the way it would be with him. He looks up and sees how far down he has come. The sky that was so large and reassuring seconds ago is now just a small blue