Here is the great irony: the people who dismantled traditional Christianity by the democratic process are now dismantling the democratic process.  In other words the tyranny of the ballot box is being replaced by just plain tyranny. This article analyzes what is happening with the ruling ranks of the Episcopal Church of the USA. The presiding bishop–Kate Schori–sues breakaway churches and dioceses. She refuses to say how much the legal action costs. She presents her own budget to the church... Read more

How does God work in the world? It seems to me that his goodness, truth, beauty and grace flows out to the whole world all the time as an active, outgoing force. It’s like this: when I was a boy I used to like making dams in the stream that ran through our country property. The clear, cold water flowed down the mountain to the river and then from the river eventually into the sea. We’d get big rocks and... Read more

Here’s a good post on the documentary evidence for the life of Jesus Christ: Go here. Read more

Just gimme that old time religion. I mean really old time religion. Like Old Testament old time religion.  I really do like the Old Testament prophets. I like them because they are obscure and subversive and eccentric, and anything or anyone who is obscure, subversive and eccentric is immediately in my good books. Here is the reading from the prophet Hosea for today: …With their silver and gold they made idols for themselves, to their own destruction. Cast away your... Read more

I am happy for atheists to visit this blog and join in with the comments box, and there are few topics which I like more to engage atheists in than the topic of miracles. This is because miracles are the one topic where both the atheist and the believer exhibit the fact that both are almost completely closed minded. This is because they start with two very opposite basic assumptions. The atheist (yes, I know there are some atheists who... Read more

Go here to read my article written for Catholic Answers. In explains the relationship between paganism and early Christianity. Read more

It is somewhat dis-spiriting to find that my posts on healthcare (and therefore politics) elicit far more comments and stimulate far more discussion and controversy than any of my religious posts. This is probably because I have no idea what I’m talking about when it comes to politics and simply throw my own opinion and experience out there. As such, I don’t really mind at all if people disagree with me. However, to say that I’m evil, that I have... Read more