A Righteous Ordinance? Really?
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To “praise God with an upright heart” we need to adapt – or even discard – rules that no longer reflect our living relationship with the living Theos
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A Wasted Jesus T-Shirt
A Wasted Jesus T-Shirt. What the Swinimers and their pastor don’t get.
Continue readingBalancing Doubt and Certainty
Thomas’ problem wasn’t that he’d “go to hell” if he doubted the Resurrection. It was that he’d be afraid to live his faith in atransformational way.
Continue readingMilestones and Mayans
Meaning is written in our hearts and in our minds, not in sacred text, or science,or stone, even Mayan stone.
Continue readingPeace – Advent 2011
“And what happened then? Well, in Whoville they say that the Grinch’s small heart grew three sizes that day.” It didn’t happen because the Grinch agreed to adhere to any particular doctrine, or because he was threatened by some Zeus-god hurling thunderbolts. He wasn’t converted. He was transformed.
Continue readingKeep It Simple – a Lesson for the Progressive Church
The principle of simplicity has always seemed to be beyond the ability of the mainline church. Will the “progressive” church fair any better?
Continue readingGod’s Smile
Providence? Coincidence? How “involved” does God get in directing our lives?
Continue readingGod Shorthand
Why shouldn’t God be zipping around Heaven on a rocket sled?? The “bearded guy on a cloud” is more than just Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel finger-pointer.
Continue readingJoy – Advent -’09
Rejoice! God is coming to the Christmas Party.
Continue readingNo Jot nor Tittle
A whimsical story about what might happen if God decided to set up an auditing process for those tried to live “by the Law.”
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