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January 9, 2015
Six Things I Did in My 20���s that Made All the Difference
Originally posted on Rod's Blog:
When I was on retreat last week I had a moment of wonder as my memory wandered back to my twenties. Some days I remember myself as the world���s dumbest 21-year old! So many…
When I was on retreat last week I had a moment of wonder as my memory wandered back to my twenties. Some days I remember myself as the world���s dumbest 21-year old! So many…
Six Things I Did in My 20’s that Made All the Difference
Originally posted on Rod's Blog:
When I was on retreat last week I had a moment of wonder as my memory wandered back to my twenties. Some days I remember myself as the world’s dumbest 21-year old! So many…
When I was on retreat last week I had a moment of wonder as my memory wandered back to my twenties. Some days I remember myself as the world’s dumbest 21-year old! So many…
January 8, 2015
2014 #10 — Six reasons why we can’t care about Palestine
Originally posted on Rod's Blog:
Why can’t we care about much of anything beyond getting through this week? I suppose a few of us feel some crushing guilt when we hear such a question. A few of us effectively…
Why can’t we care about much of anything beyond getting through this week? I suppose a few of us feel some crushing guilt when we hear such a question. A few of us effectively…
Six reasons why we can’t care about Palestine
Originally posted on Rod's Blog:
Why can’t we care about much of anything beyond getting through this week? I suppose a few of us feel some crushing guilt when we hear such a question. A few of us effectively…
Why can’t we care about much of anything beyond getting through this week? I suppose a few of us feel some crushing guilt when we hear such a question. A few of us effectively…
January 5, 2015
Three Key Ways to Be the Real People of God
When we read the Sermon on the Mount and the rest of the New Testament, we are tempted to read it in a WEIRD way, as individuals who are getting personal instructions. As a result of reading it that way, … Continue reading →
December 29, 2014
Participation: invitation or imposition?
So why am I writing my weekly blog post on December 29? For one thing, I should be out jogging off the extra five pounds I put on during the holiday. But for another thing, who in the world is … Continue reading →
December 22, 2014
Love’s pure light, radiant, beams from thy holy face
On Christmas Eve we will sing the mystery again with the song everyone knows and no one knows completely: Silent Night. A later verse that needs some concentration includes this line sung to the child Mary is holding: “Son of … Continue reading →
December 15, 2014
Being a network of congregations and why that got going.
Some people discovered this piece among my pages last week. I thought I would share it again. It first appeared in the Dialogue Quarterly, fall of 2005 Let me say right off: we may use the 21st century word “network” … Continue reading →
December 8, 2014
Homo Economicus at Christmas
I can only hope that the pundits were right and the “Black Friday” holiday was toned down a bit this year. I am praying that fad dies. God has answered my prayer so many times, I no longer suspect He won’t. Maybe … Continue reading →
December 1, 2014
Advent is a wonderful truckload of “foolishness”
Maybe Advent should culminate with a Mummers Parade. Maybe we should reorient the whole season to focus on how crazy it all is and stop cleaning things up. Prophets having visions, John the Baptist in animal skins, Jesus in a … Continue reading →
