Today I am beginning a four-part series explaining my theology, which is based on God’s unconditional and never-ending love for us. This is theology, so it uses a lot of scripture passages, and I realize there are many passages I do not use that create questions of interpretation. This is always the case in any theology. MyContinue reading “God’s Love, prt. 1”
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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”
Church — The Five Things I Like Most
Church people and everyone else aren’t as different as you might think. Both groups tend toward black and white thinking — that things are all good or all bad. In truth, everything is touched both with sacredness and profanity. We are shocked and mystified when we see profane acts and words proceeding from supposedly sacredContinue reading “Church — The Five Things I Like Most”
5 Ways to Fight the Feeling of Not Being Loved
My clients often report that they don’t feel loved by their spouse. People from abusive or neglectful homes may grow up with a deep sense of emptiness, of being unloved. They will invariably get married pinning all their hopes of love on their partner. When the partner ends up being imperfect, they will be disillusionedContinue reading “5 Ways to Fight the Feeling of Not Being Loved”
A Body of Broken Bones, prt. 1
Sticks and stones may break my bones, a photo by Joe Doe 2010 on Flickr. All over the face of the earth the avarice and lust of men and women breed unceasing divisions among them, and the wounds that tear them from union with one another widen and open out into huge wars. Murder, massacres,Continue reading “A Body of Broken Bones, prt. 1”
A call to read less of the Bible
Many Christian people don’t worship God, they worship the Bible. I assume the same is true of other sacred books such as the Koran, the Torah, and the Bagavhad Gita, although it wouldn’t HAVE to be this way. A particular set of circumstances have risen up in the US to bring about this result. ButContinue reading “A call to read less of the Bible”
Response to responses to the death of Whitney Houston
I cannot talk meaningfully about the death of Whitney Houston. I don’t have anything productive to add to the dialogue. But I can respond to some of the other responses to Whitney’s death. When Whitney Houston ruled the world I was in high school and her music was not my style. But there was neverContinue reading “Response to responses to the death of Whitney Houston”
I Believe…
[featured-image link=”null” link_single=”inherit” single_newwindow=”false”]123rf.com[/featured-image] I believe in love. Not the squishy, touchy-feely kind, but the kind that takes guts and practice and a lot of failure before we start to get it right. I believe in freedom and pluralism, grateful that I live in a country where I am free to believe in God butContinue reading “I Believe…”
The Christian craving for guilt
Christians love feeling guilty. In fact, they positively crave it. In fact, to Christians, guilt feels like devotion. The popularity of books like Francis Chan’s Crazy Love and David Platt’s Radical testifies to this. Anyone who speaks or writes of all the ways the church is blowing it, falling short, and insufficient is almost destinedContinue reading “The Christian craving for guilt”
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