Congratulations go out to Steve Thomas for the caption he submitted. He submitted several, and if he didn’t win, he should be rewarded for tenacity. There were many good ones, but in the end, one had to be chosen through the grid of my sick sense of humour. So, this is the final product. It’s funny, but in the past I’ve usually imagined a caption but deleted it and let others come up with their own. This time it was... Read more
Karl Barth, in his highly influential Commentary on Romans, wrote: In religion the fall of mankind out of its primal union with God becomes the pre-supposition of all human vitality. Read more
There looks to be over 60 cartoon captions submitted so far. Go here to enter. Lots of good ones to look at and add to. You have to midnight my time to submit. I’ll announce the winner tomorrow as I’m too tired to stay up tonight. I’m exhausted from this weekend, and Lisa and I just returned from a memorial service for our friend who took his own life two weeks ago tomorrow. It was fine until they got to... Read more
I will go to church today and endeavor not to do this. I didn’t draw this, but I liked it. Especially the drool puddles. Peace out! Read more
THIS IS MY DAILY REMINDER TO ENTER THE CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST. I WILL ACCEPT CAPTION SUBMISSIONS FOR THE CARTOON UNTIL SUNDAY MIDNIGHT MY TIME (ATLANTIC). TO ENTER THE CONTEST AND YOUR CAPTION, GO HERE. HAVE FUN EVEN READING THE ONES ALREADY SUBMITTED AND CREATE YOUR OWN! Read more
The folks over at Fide-o have a post on How To Be A Mature Church Member. Although it may be orthodox and traditional, it seems a little daunting to me. I’m not sure that “healthy churches are made up of spiritually mature church members”. If this is the case, there can’t be, nor should there be, a healthy church on the planet. Worth a look. Jeff Berg, over at Smart Pastor, has a link to 13 Photographs That Changed the... Read more
THIS IS MY DAILY REMINDER TO ENTER THE CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST. I WILL ACCEPT CAPTION SUBMISSIONS FOR THE CARTOON UNTIL SUNDAY MIDNIGHT MY TIME (ATLANTIC). TO ENTER THE CONTEST AND YOUR CAPTION, GO HERE. HAVE FUN EVEN READING THE ONES ALREADY SUBMITTED AND CREATE YOUR OWN! Read more
Kenneth Cain Kinghorn, in his powerful little book, Christ Can Make You Fully Human, writes: Mature Christians do not depend on strong emotions to sustain them. Feelings carry little reliability as proof or disproof of God’s presence… People of faith believe that every circumstance we encounter is filled with possibility and promise. God doesn’t withdraw his presence from all events except ‘religious’ ones. The totality of life pulsates with the presence of God. God wants us to experience the romance... Read more
A friend of mine in another town said that she was thinking about me and the congregation that I pastor and got some impressions that she wanted to share with me. She hadn’t read my blog, if ever she has, so I found it interestingly related. She said that for some reason Martin Luther King Jr. kept coming to her mind and that it related somehow to our church. I’ve been thinking about him lately, for years actually, and have... Read more
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