Dear World: Sorry we weren’t there for you. Sincerely, the church.
DEAR WORLD: It’s understandable if you don’t think that we in the church understand you, “get you,” or even like you. After all, you see our Summit-sized buildings, soaring steeples, SUV filled parking...
View ArticleDealing with conflict day to day
I suck at conflict. Hate it, hide from it, am allergic to its tension. I’m a people pleaser and harmonizer by birth, and was bred to sweep conflict aside or be passive aggressive about it. Nothing...
View ArticleSpirituality of the Damned
It’s hard to be different. “Dork,” “geek,” and “loser” are the schoolyard terms meant to reign in those who are different. Clothes, gadgets, language, skin color, religion, sexuality all make it hard...
View ArticleJust Marriage; OR, How Jesus saves ‘biblical’ marriage
For the millions of married Americans, the Bible offers startlingly few images of what a healthy marriage looks like. Oh sure, things seem to start out ok in Genesis (“The two shall become one flesh”)...
View ArticleWas Jesus an idiot? God’s response to evil.
Something is wrong, terribly wrong with our world. Anders Behring Breivik’s mass killings in Norway were followed by Tan Do’s shooting of 5 family members and himself near Dallas. For me these events...
View ArticleDear Pastors: Preach the 9/11 Lectionary
“No doubt about it: the liturgical year is the arena where our life and the life of Jesus intersect.” Joan Chittister We are fast approaching the clearest example of this truth I could ever imagine....
View ArticleTexas Pastor dismisses Jesus’ teachings.
Our esteemed Republican Governor was recently introduced by Dr. Robert Jeffress, the pastor of First Baptist Dallas and the head of Pathway to Victory for a campaign speech. This relationship got Perry...
View ArticleIn God we trust? Does our budget betray our beliefs?
Now I too believe trusting God to be a good thing. I’d even take it so far as to say out loud that trusting God should have a noticable effect on the way we live. So I warmed up nicely when I say the...
View ArticleSlaves of Justice
Justice, Biblically defined, is so much more than people “getting what they deserve.” Oh goodness no. It’s God’s intent for creation; it has to do with right relationships (which is why “righteousness”...
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