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”
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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”
Watch What You Eat (with your mind)
I came across this piece today on The Huffington Post, and I thought it was one of the best posts I had seen on how the mind works and the obvious fact that the untrained mind cannot be a peaceful mind. This comes from a Buddhist writer, but it applies equally to all people —Continue reading “Watch What You Eat (with your mind)”
Seeing God
Seeing God is normally impossible In an earlier post I wrote about the importance of seeing God in all the places where he (or she — I know that’s uncomfortable for some, but c’mon — you know God isn’t male or female!) is. In my last post I said one way to do that isContinue reading “Seeing God”
Jon Stewart rips apart Fox News over the ‘War on Christmas’
I agree with some of this but not all of it. 1. I do not believe there is anything remotely like a “War on Christmas.” That is not to say that there aren’t always pockets of stupid things happening at any given time, but there is no war on Christmas. 2. Christianity is most definitely,Continue reading “Jon Stewart rips apart Fox News over the ‘War on Christmas’”
From Religion to Spirituality
In my last post I said that in this one I’d deal with the question of how to learn to spot God in all the places where God is (which of course is everywhere). If I could boil it down to one simple thing, it would be that we need to move from religion toContinue reading “From Religion to Spirituality”
I Saw God
The night before last I took my daughter and her friend to a punk concert (NOT a “Christian” concert) in Detroit, at The Shelter, and I saw God. The crowd was great, even though I was probably twenty years older than the next oldest person there. Four bands played. They were all fun, and allContinue reading “I Saw God”
Beauty in the World
The Bad News Israel and Gaza. al Qaeda and Monsanto. Boehner and Pelosi. The Good News But there’s also this. http://www.facebook.com/v/3982562047737 There is still so much beauty in the world. Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving. May the beauty in the world burn a little brighter as the beauty in your own home radiates outContinue reading “Beauty in the World”
Losing My Daughter
And so it begins again — the feeling that I am losing my daughter. That somehow, despite the glass being half full, and something about girls always loving and needing their daddies, and something about how I will always be the first man who mattered in her life, I am, once again, losing my daughter.Continue reading “Losing My Daughter”
The Actual Message of Jesus
Interesting how if you try to mobilize Christians against violence, injustice, and greed, which Jesus actually talked about, you are called a liberal, radical, do-gooder, treehugger, or whatever. If you try to mobilize them against taking “In God we trust” off our money, against abortion, and against gays, which Jesus spoke nothing about, you areContinue reading “The Actual Message of Jesus”
Temp Arbor 