This is reprehensible. Ever notice that well-educated leaders tend to not be conspiracy theorists? Why do you think that is? I share five reasons below. Reason #1 — Acceptance of the reality of moral ambiguity When you are well educated and have spent substantial time in leadership, you discover the inherent imperfections in all humanContinue reading “Why Educated People in Leadership Tend to Not Be Conspiracy Theorists”
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Conspiracy Theorists
And now a word from a mental health expert (me!) about conspiracy theorists. If you’ve ever met a paranoid schizophrenic, what stands out most about them is how sickly rational they are. They can tell you exactly why they believe someone is poisoning their food, listening to their phone calls, following them around, trying toContinue reading “Conspiracy Theorists”
Theological musings, mostly about love
A new guy visited my church this past Sunday and emailed me from our website asking me to clarify some theological positions. I’ll be very honest — I hate doing that. It’s like arguing over the color of the wallpaper in heaven. It begins and ends with opinion. It’s based on nothing. Even the BibleContinue reading “Theological musings, mostly about love”
Update on MS
For those of you who know me personally, and/or are interested, here is an email I just sent to my congregation, updating them on the current status of my struggle with MS.
Twitter problems
Update [12/28/2012, 1:46 pm]: That was fast. All my followers, lists, and followings have been restored. As of yesterday afternoon, all my Twitter followers (and followings, for that matter), are gone. I don’t know what happened, but I’m hoping everything will be restored in the next few hours. I will keep posting updates to thisContinue reading “Twitter problems”
To my dear Facebook friends
My dear Facebook friends: What I am about to say will not be easy to hear. But I am saying it because I l care about you and want what’s best for you. After all, if you had a booger on your lip, I’d tell you. If you had toilet paper sticking out of yourContinue reading “To my dear Facebook friends”
Being Liberal
It’s funny. Theologically, I don’t consider myself a liberal at all. My views simply feel to me like growth into knowledge, which has happened over a long period of time, and which actually include far more claims to not know than to know. But I know I am seen by some — perhaps many —Continue reading “Being Liberal”
7 Reasons I Hate the Culture War
Being a progressive Christian is a tough racket. It seems most Christians are not progressive which, if you read the linked description of the term, indicates that most Christians are still defined largely by polemics (being against things). Perhaps nothing better embodies polemics than the culture war. In reality, the culture war is toxic toContinue reading “7 Reasons I Hate the Culture War”
O’Reilly attacks ‘wimpy Christians’ for not freaking out about ‘war on Christmas’
This is the problem in our country. Wimpy Christians. Maybe that’s our problem — not enough outrage. Forget about Jesus the Suffering Servant. We should only emulate Jesus in that one incident where he turned over the tables in the temple. That’s the favorite passage for people who think Christians aren’t angry enough. Because it’sContinue reading “O’Reilly attacks ‘wimpy Christians’ for not freaking out about ‘war on Christmas’”
Light and Darkness
What of the horrific shootings today in CT and the stabbings in China? My heart breaks, along with the hearts of all decent people. These are a few sentences I wrote for this week’s sermon, yesterday. I am reading them today with new eyes and will not deliver them Sunday in the same way IContinue reading “Light and Darkness”
Temp Arbor 