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The Imperfect Science
God is perfect, but our worship isn’t, despite what we might think. The seemingly fixed nature of our worship belies the truth: worship throughout history has been spontaneous and full of joy. We have gone through eras, particularly the medieval period, in which liturgy (the work of the people) was done in a language unknown to its…
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Belief v. Action
In church circles there is a lot of exercise around the idea that there is dichotomous relationship between our beliefs and our actions. This is particularly evident between the groups Phyllis Tickle refers to as the Social Justice Christians (ie. the Mainliners) and the Conservative Christians (conservative evangelicals and Southern Baptists). In this paradigm, one…
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To Bless or Not To Bless
That is the question I have for Monday. For the liturgical snobs out there, I know that it is Lent and we aren’t encouraged by Michno to bless in Lent, but to recite a “prayer over the people,” as was the most ancient custom of what would become the blessing much later. It is a…
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The Convenience of Lying
We lie. All the time. We lie to cover our mistakes. We lie to make ourselves look or feel better. We lie. Even when we should know better, we lie anyway. But worse than the simple lies or the squirm-out-of-personal-trouble lies, is the lie we write down for posterity because admitting the truth would be…
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Cargo Container Church
I’m claiming it now. I want to do a cargo container church. I’ve been reading Ready Made and Dwell and I know that people have transformed old cargo containers into living space. Now that Starbucks has unveiled a cargo container store, it is high time we renovate in this direction. I say no more big…
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Tebow and the (All)Mighty
1) Tebow and Faith The theology of GOD on our side against other people who claim GOD is on their side is the height of insanity. And to see strange coincidence as proof of that is ridiculous. GOD sends signs rather than proofs of already held beliefs. If anything, I’m willing to see that as a sign,…
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We Need a 21-Hour Work Week
I’ve always supported causes directed at more time off, such as Take Back Your Time and efforts to increase and strengthen family leave because of their health benefits. A new effort is underway to encourage the world to move toward a 21-hour work week. This effort makes the most sense. I’ll read the paper by…