I became aware earlier today that the email subscription feature on my site has not been working. Apparently it broke when my domain name changed a couple weeks ago. I am sorry for the inconvenience. That problem and the problems I have been having with CommentLuv are both fixed, and my e-book The Spiritual JourneyContinue reading “Email subscriptions fixed”
Category Archives: MISCELLANY
Book Update
BOOK UPDATE Worked on my book for hours last night. Progress went well. Still two chapters left. It is getting very dense, because it’s starting to wrap up, and I am doing a ton of edits and organization on it. My plan is to have all the chapters written by next Tuesday (one week fromContinue reading “Book Update”
Looking for “My People”
The blog is doing well. Thanks to those of you who have supported my work, whether on the blog, on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, or whatever. The blog was only for me for the first year or so, when it was more personal journal than anything else. Now it is for you. It is to helpContinue reading “Looking for “My People””
Learning to Love
Here are core assumptions I am working under for this post: The church has generally done a pretty lousy job being a force of love in the world (not that there are not some exceptions, thank God). Though some individuals are unloving on purpose, most individuals are doing the best they can. Christian leaders areContinue reading “Learning to Love”
Our Missed Opportunity with Chick-fil-A
[featured-image link=”null” link_single=”inherit” single_newwindow=”false”]People supporting Chick-fil-A[/featured-image] Well, support-Chick-fil-A-day has come and gone. It is being reported as a huge success. I view it as a huge missed opportunity. We talk so much about sacrificial love in the church, but when the biggest moments come to do it — the ones that would make the biggestContinue reading “Our Missed Opportunity with Chick-fil-A”
Christians must believe…
Below is a snippet from a conversation I am having with a Facebook friend. He asks the excellent question, “Shouldn’t Christians not be allowed to call themselves Christians if they don’t practice everything that’s in the Bible?” My response: The list of things Christians must believe in order to reasonably be called Christian gets shorterContinue reading “Christians must believe…”
Achieving Work-Family Balance, prt. 2
In my last post I dealt with the fact that achieving work-family balance is a problem for both men and women. Today I want to deal with specifically how to achieve this balance. Men and women both begin achieving work-family balance by listening to their spouses. If you married a person of good will, your spouseContinue reading “Achieving Work-Family Balance, prt. 2”
Achieving Work-Family Balance, prt. 1
It is hard to achieve work/family balance Around 1996 I was flying out the door, in a hurry to get to work, as usual. Work was my great passion, perhaps my greatest passion. I had been a record store clerk for years before I became a pastor, and a groundskeeper before that. It feltContinue reading “Achieving Work-Family Balance, prt. 1”
Letting Go
Nothing is as difficult, or as necessary, as letting go. At this moment you are burdened by things from your past — damaging words, destructive arguments, hurtful parents and other role models, painful situations. These things build and build in your life, starting in childhood. You put them on the back burner so you canContinue reading “Letting Go”
The Church is Fundamentalist on Your Behalf
Peter Rollins says that the church, in its rituals and traditions and creeds, is already fundamentalist. You have to go deeper than that.
Temp Arbor 