Facebook post: God is in the Schools The following is a post I put on Facebook that has been shared a great many times and I wanted to put it here for those who have not seen it there. I hope it encourages you. — To those who say America is in trouble because GodContinue reading “God is in the schools”
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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”
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”
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”
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”
Temp Arbor 