A reflection on Mark 6:1-13 previously preached, in slightly different form, at Kirkwood UCC a couple of summers ago. Although we’re just a couple of weeks into June, here in the south it already feels like we are deep in the thick of summer. It brings back tangible memories of the hot summers of my childhood. Oh – summer days were sweet bliss as a kid growing up just a stones throw from downtown Atlanta. I spent my days with roaming packs of... Read more
In response to a blog post earlier this week one commenter going by the name of Michael shared this concern. …and vice-versa, right? Because in a conversation EVERYBODY has to be open the the fact that they might be wrong and have something to learn. This phrasing (and much of the rest in the article) suggests a double-standard for that conversation, in which one of the hypothetical parties are presumed to be humbly correct, and the other humbly corrected. That’s... Read more
They say that imitation is the highest form of compliment and there are two writers I really dig that I’d like to imitate via a weekly blog post. Each week Rachel Held Evans and Alise Wright publish a blog post lifting up the good stuff other folks have written in the past week. Rachel posts Sunday Superlatives each week and Alise shares Stuff I’ve Been Reading wehre they share a roundup of truly good posts from the week. These posts... Read more
In his post, “Why Every Christian Leader Needs To Have a Good Answer about Homosexuality“, Tony Jones asserts directly, concisely and correctly that “…LGBT issues are a wave crashing across American culture right now, and you don’t get to not have an opinion about it.” It truly is a fantastic post and could not be more spot on. It raises a critical concept and responds in no uncertain terms (which we all know Tony is pretty good at anyway). In his... Read more
Last week Rachel Held Evans invited a few bloggers to respond to a question as part of her year long series on sexuality. In her email to our group she shared “Interestingly, when I surveyed my readers the #1 question they had as it relates to sexuality is this: Is masturbation an acceptable component to healthy sexuality?” Rachel has received thoughtful and faithful responses from most of the group but I messed around and didn’t get in a response in... Read more
Alleluia and praise be! The Boy Scouts of America have agreed to allow openly gay boys as members!! The AP reports that of the local Scout leaders voting at their annual meeting in Texas, more than 60 percent supported the proposal. The policy change approved by the 1,400-member National Council would take effect Jan. 1, 2014, the organization said. Here’s a statement issued by the BSA after the vote: “For 103 years, the Boy Scouts of America has been a part of... Read more
As of the writing of this post, the Westboro story published by The Huffington Post on the 21st of May (I will not provide a link and if you keep reading you’ll see why) has accumulated 7,159 shares to Facebook. Understanding that my own blog will have between 25-30% more impressions than shares per post let’s round up and say that this particular HuffPost piece may have had about 10,000 impressions (the math will be easier that way). And let’s... Read more
God of our hearts, we search our shared sky for the rainbow of your unwavering love to arch over our hearts when the pain of unimagiable loss swirls and thrashes us to dust. Oh please Abba, shelter those whose lives have been blown into the abyss that they may know your peace after the storm in the storm on the horizon of their hearts. Oh Mother, thou who were, are and will be the creator and animator of love in our... Read more
“Fear is one of the persistent hounds of hell that dog the footsteps of the dispossessed, the disinherited…deception is perhaps the oldest of all the techniques by which the weak have protected themselves against the strong.” Howard Thurman. “Archery, definitely archery – and ropes-course and kayaking and dance, can I sign up for dance too?” said our youngest as she hopped around the kitchen, chattering about which activities to choose for her very first summer sleep-away camp. “Not arts... Read more
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