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  • Our Fast

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    It is fitting that Congress set All Saints’ Day as the day to cut SNAP (the program formerly known as Food Stamps). The day we celebrate all of the saints that came before, all the saints in our midst, and all of the saints to come, All Saints’ Day is one of the church’s principle…

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  • Why I Post Liberal Jesus Stuff on Facebook

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    I like sharing funny stuff on Facebook. In a way, that’s what it is for. I also share political stuff when it is meaningful. Last week, I posted a picture that isn’t very good and I was told so. See what I mean? It’s underlying theology is immature and it strikes the receiver as brazenly…

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  • Revealed By Spoon: the Hidden Imbalance In Decisions

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    The last few days, the following photo has bounced around my space in Facebook: The cynical person will no doubt ask: what are the comparable costs of metal spoons, eh? Why don’t we compare apples to apples, here? And then the intuitive among us will point out, yeah, but you only buy one metal spoon…

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  • Why I Hate Announcement Time

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    My least favorite part of any worship service is the announcement time.  There are so many things wrong with it and there are so few ways to actually fix it.  I’m starting to think we should do away with the whole enterprise. Many Episcopal churches place the announcements in the middle of the service.  Honestly,…

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  • On Ecclesiology: Leadership, Emergence, and #Occupy

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    In the Premodern world, humanity was led by “the divine right of kings,” in other words, authority was bestowed upon a singular human authority from a divine source. In the Modern world, humanity was led by singular representation.  Authority was bestowed on an individual to represent the people, either through fiat or election. The Enlightenment…

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  • Oh the humanity! Facebook & change

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    Another Facebook update hit us yesterday and you would have thought that it took away everyone’s birthdays. Calamity! They changed the feed so that top stories are at the top. Oh. My. Gosh! Better quit; we can’t have Facebook be more useful or intuitive! Yes, I like change and I’m hoping by this time that…

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