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August 2021

August 09, 2021
Is evil real or a delusion? King Henry V, according to Shakespeare, was dealing with...
August 06, 2021
Speaking with someone who will disagree is never easy for me. I do not know...
August 02, 2021
The Church is known for what we hate. We often try to cover ourselves with...

July 2021

July 30, 2021
I caught myself reflecting this time last year I got COVID. Mine was a mild...
July 26, 2021
The zealot is the enemy of the faithful. Unfortunately, it is hard to tell the...
July 22, 2021
Living off the land is not romantic. It is a necessity for many where I...
July 19, 2021
The problem with bigotry and belief is that the two look alike. Many people easily...
July 15, 2021
Mt Bethel UMC is the latest focal point of the less than amicable divorce in...
July 12, 2021
Arrogance plagues our ethical lives. High School Physics is where I first learned anything about...
July 07, 2021
Spirituality is either a practice or a desire. People can claim to be "spiritual rather...
July 05, 2021
"Kill them all! Let God sort them out!" And other forms of violent indiscriminate bluster...
July 01, 2021
Progress is the American mythical value. Our most cherished belief is that we are improving....

June 2021

June 28, 2021
Project Hail Mary is the latest work by Andy Weir. It is as good if not...
June 25, 2021
Okay. We all know the concept of "being a materialist is bad." People should not...
June 21, 2021
My son was very upset with his grandparents one Sunday morning. Their church passed the...
June 17, 2021
The Working Class has spoken. They spoke in 2016 and 2020. But are we listening?...
June 14, 2021
June is the month I consider again the same is question. What paths lead to...
June 10, 2021
"There was only one (morally) perfect man who ever walked the earth." I was in...
June 08, 2021
The Pandemic introduced me and other reluctant clergy to Online Worship. We witnessed heroic efforts...
June 03, 2021
Addiction is fashionable in churches. Congregations host Recovery meetings, have Celebrate Recovery ministries, and, because...
June 01, 2021
The churches are not coming apart and failing because of beliefs. It is happening because...

May 2021

May 27, 2021
Yes. You read that correctly. Disciplining instead of discipling. I had an experience with this...
May 25, 2021
Delicacy is the quality most feigned by obnoxious people. To claim, "I am offended," gains...
May 20, 2021
The Sea of Galilee is a wide lake of the Jordan river.  The Jordan flows...
May 17, 2021
Why use the label "Progressive Christian?" C.S. Lewis argued that putting Christian beliefs alongside any...
May 13, 2021
There is more evidence of the fragility of the American social fabric. It is the...
May 10, 2021
The paradox of Fear and Social Meanness among Christians in the "Bible Belt" is frustrating...
May 06, 2021
Child-like faith is not the same as childish faith. There is a lot of that...
May 03, 2021
Serious Christians know there are some troubling passages in our Bible. Some of the righteous...

April 2021

April 29, 2021
I spend most of my time exploring everything in the realms of the Spirit and...
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