The Naked Jesus
This has very little to do with my being a pacifist, and everything to do with a narcissistic, bigoted, misogynistic, psychotic billionaire thinking his... Read more
This has very little to do with my being a pacifist, and everything to do with a narcissistic, bigoted, misogynistic, psychotic billionaire thinking his... Read more
Have you ever wanted to be called a complete and total heretic by a Conservative Christian? Here is how you do it... Read more
When Trump accepted his party’s nomination for President – [Sorry, I just throw-up a little] – he said, “As your President, I will do everything in my power to protect our LGBTQ citizens from the violence and oppression of the hatful foreign ideology.” To that I say, why the red herring I’m happy he understands that our LGBTQ family does feel oppressed, and is struggling with real violence on a daily basis… but, most of that oppression and violence is... Read more
He asks, “You want to know what the problem is…” to which I answer yes, I do. It’s hearing people like him, proclaiming the Gospel of Christ from one side of your mouth, while proclaiming a Bad News of the World out of the other. You cannot speak of love, while proclaiming violence. Read more
So, we have a choice, we can either be a voice showing love wins, or we can be a voice showing indifference wins. You pick. Read more
Seems silly to say, but Black lives do matter. Unlike many, when I hear the term ‘Black Lives Matter’ I don’t hear ‘No Other Lives Matter.’ I hear the pains of those who have been oppressed, those who have been marginalized, those who have been ignored, those who have been abused for centuries. I hear the cries of people demanding to be treated with human dignity. What do you hear? I find, like most, I’m torn between two places: on... Read more
Claiming the Collective Narrative is a “closed book” – means no other writings, no other voices, can be heard today, and I’m uncomfortable with that idea. Read more
Over the past century we have confused this amazing Collective Narrative – or grace, of love, of forgiveness, of community, of connection, of understanding, of acceptance – with a monocultural, institutional church’s story we have woven into the fabric of our culture. Read more
For me, theological language is meaningless [there, I said it] when it speaks of concepts that only a few can truly grasp. The biggest problem is, theological language is based on concepts [an abstract idea; a general notion], and those concepts don’t speak to people dealing with the messy mud of life. We need to shift from conception to perceptions [the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses]. Read more
When we live in the Divine, we should reach out to ‘feeling into’ the lives of others. We should be seeking to ‘feeling into’ the joys, pains, excitements, wonders, sorrows, concerns, pleasures, and more of every person we know, and even those we have never met. We should all be “feeling into” the lives of others – our lives should connect. The word empathy comes from the German Einfühlung [meaning, ‘feeling into’]. It centers on our ability to actually feel, as... Read more
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