When “What We Believe” Must Protect “What We Have”
It is hard to say for certain why the medieval church had a preoccupation with sin—fear, money, control…perhaps—but it is fairly obvious that an entire religious system was built around this...
View ArticleThe Gods Aren’t Angry #1—Rob Bell
Not too long ago a group of four of us drove to San Francisco to catch Rob Bell’s The Gods Aren’t Angry tour. It was . . . well let’s put it this way, being the internal processing introvert that I am,...
View ArticleWhere the Power Lies
The power does not lie in the formula; the power lies in following. When I look back at and see those people, churches, and ideas that really had the power and energy of God behind them, I see a common...
View ArticleHope vs. Fear
My take on this year’s election results is that a Message of Hope won out over a Message of Fear. Regardless of whether or not the hopeful promises made by President Barack Obama are carried out, the...
View ArticleOne Hell of a God
How can we say God is good? How can we say God is love? How can we say God is just? How can we say God is righteous? How can we say any of that if we believe in a God who 1) created hell, 2) wrote the...
View ArticleTo Hell with My Kids?
So my two oldest children are in a quandary. Our daughter is five and she went to a church where they told her (in her words) that bad people go “down there” to hell (pointing down to the center of the...
View ArticleI am Gay, get it straight
As I entered into my preteen years, a deep attraction for the opposite sex came crashing in like an unwelcome stranger. I was scared. These were new feelings and I knew that they would not be accepted...
View ArticleMom, would you have aborted your gay son?
“If I would have known you were going to be gay, I would have aborted you.” This is what a mother told her son after she learned that he was gay. NPR did a story on gay immigrants shedding light on...
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