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October 2014

October 06, 2014
I simply stole that headline, "The Church's Gay Obsession" from this superb editorial in the October...
October 02, 2014
I was delighted when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of...

September 2014

September 26, 2014
Trinity Presbyterian Church, 2200 N. Bell Ave, Denton, shuttered its doors on Sunday, September 21,...
September 18, 2014
I felt the subtle seduction of this perfect and orderly world of Denton Bible Church...
September 16, 2014
After attending multiple worship services this summer where children were excluded, it was a refreshing...
September 10, 2014
It didn’t exactly set out to be a time of worship. It was simply a...
September 09, 2014
The world is ever so much easier to deal with when everything divides into two...
September 02, 2014
An article in the New York Times recently caught my eye. Titled, “Let’s Not Talk...
September 01, 2014
My first hint that this might be a radically different place to go to church...

August 2014

August 19, 2014
As always, I arrived early. A friend and I had driven 40 miles to the...
August 15, 2014
We listened to the preliminaries while still outside the sacred space, the sanctuary.  About 35...
August 06, 2014
“Matter is mortal error.” I’m seeking to understand this phrase after attending worship at First...

July 2014

July 30, 2014
“No children or babies are allowed in the sanctuary and the youth go to a...
July 25, 2014
“Good Heavens! Do you know what the land under this parking lot is worth?” That...
July 16, 2014
I have just learned recently that one of the temples in ancient Rome housed the...
July 09, 2014
What are we going to do about the children? Anyone close to news sources knows...
July 04, 2014
"I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance...

June 2014

June 20, 2014
A friend of mine who has quite a knack for political analysis wrote this about...
June 18, 2014
"Christ our Lord invites to his table all who love him, earnestly repent of their...
June 11, 2014
The little girl, perhaps five years old, happily danced around the edge of the beautiful...

May 2014

May 29, 2014
Steve Blow, one of my very favorite columnists, wrote in today's (5/29/14) Dallas Morning News...
May 27, 2014
The blogosphere exploded last week after the primarily anonymous "Gang of 80" announced through Good News their...
May 22, 2014
Our memories make us, inform us, shape us. They can fill us with the warm...
May 16, 2014
What does it cost to do the right thing? Especially when doing the right thing...
May 08, 2014
I recently returned from a quick trip to NYC. As do so many others, I...
May 07, 2014
Why does Les Miserables move me so much? In 2014, I watched an incredible Broadway...
May 05, 2014
I just read this powerful, compelling, heart-rendering article  by the Rev. Wil(da) Gafney, Ph.D., associate...

April 2014

April 25, 2014
Today, the increasingly famous Denton Arts and Jazz Festival kicks off.  I can hardly wait....
April 20, 2014
It is Easter Day. I find joy spilling out of my soul, rolling with waves...
April 17, 2014
I would have cut and run as well. I would have run into that darkness...
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