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Category Archives: On the way to Sunday’s sermon
The Idol of Equality and Jesus’ Appallingly Inclusive Invitation to Love Sacrificially
Mary’s High School Cohort Taking Selfies This American Life recently did a program on “Status Update” where Ira Glass interviews High School freshman girls on selfies. What Glass reveals is that these girls are in the midst of a continual … Continue reading
How to have Bold Public Joy when the World is Pulling Itself to its own Doom
This Month in Killing If you are a person that likes to watch US news the last few weeks have been anything but cheery. Let’s Review. (for the year in Terrorist attacks see Wikipedia) Oct 31: ISIS downs a Russian jetliner … Continue reading
Facing the Son of Man
Who to Believe? We are awash in conflicts about important and relevant issues: Are our CO2 emissions killing the planet and leading to an environmental catastrophe or are these the overblown fears? Are illegal immigrants destroying our country or are … Continue reading
Samson: The Wildness of God’s Spirit and the Shocking Cost of Love
“Oh my, it’s GOD!” A common narrative today is that Americans are getting less religious, in the terms we easily identify as religious, but still “spiritual”. In a Huffington Post video Diana Butler Bass talks about her new book Grounded and … Continue reading
When the Trees Look for a King
Religion that works and if we were God We’ve been talking about what we mean when we talk about “religion that works“. We look for God to give us what we ask for in our prayers and to shape the … Continue reading
How the book of Judges Critiques our “If I were God” Fantasy
“If I were God…” Last week we mused a bit on the search query I found on my blog post “why religion doesn’t work”. Connected to this question and connected to our doubts are both our questions about God’s administration … Continue reading
Why “Religion that Works” Doesn’t, and What Does
“Why Doesn’t Religion Work?” This question showed up in my search terms on my blog today. I love this question because it reveals a lot about us. The old adage “no atheists in foxholes” is of course a generalization but … Continue reading
Learning to Become Religious Instead of merely Spiritual: Intro to the Book of Judges
Spirituality comes Naturally Despite what newbie atheists say, there is nothing so natural as spirituality. Humanity has always been spiritual. You can’t possibly do any digging into history, especially everything before the enlightenment to see that we are a thoroughly … Continue reading
Joshua’s Altar Call and the Skinner Box
Joshua’s Most Famous Sermon Text Joshua 24:14–18 (NET) 14 Now obey the Lord and worship him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt and worship the Lord. 15 If you … Continue reading
What the Lying, Cheating Gibeonite League can teach us about all the sermons and blogs that say “the church needs to” or “Christians need to”
Trying To Make Better Christians I have a good portion of my RSS feeds devoted to Christian blogs. An incredible portion of blog posts begin with “Why the church needs to…” “Why Christians need to…” Most Christian writing, preaching, movie … Continue reading
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