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Bullying Isn’t Free Speech–Even in Michigan
Matt’s Safe School Law, otherwise known as Michigan’s “anti-anti-bullying law” is an embarrassment and juvenile. It is the pre-emptive self-defense of bigotry, and just like the nation’s first foray with the Bush Doctrine, this has a profound effect on people’s real lives. It hurts people. Real people. Not mythical, hypothetical, potential people. Real, living people…
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Politics in the Park
In a city park, over the weekend, this conversation probably occurred: Geoffery: Did you read that Paul Krugman post? The one about hypocrisy? Dillon: No! What did that old miser have to say? Geoffery: He noticed that we seem to have different feelings about our leaders’ indiscretions depending on their political party. Dillon: Can’t be. …
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The Bridegroom’s a Jerk; I Sure Hope God Isn’t
In this parable, (Matthew 25:1-13) with bridesmaids, waiting for the bridegroom, the easy reading is wrong. It doesn’t work. If we see this as being about…The Second Coming or Heaven after death or the perfect example of Christian community… Then God is an idiot. See, the easy reading makes us think two things: We need to prepare for…
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How about we occupy the church?
Of course the teens should occupy the church; but not just teens. Us! We should occupy the church! We should demand a better church! We should lay claim to our leadership of an institution that today only benefits some! Brian Kirk asks in a column for Patheos: “Should we help teens occupy the church?” which…
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Bp. Robinson on Occupy Wall Street
I’m a little late in posting this, but I am happy to see other Episcopalians talking about this in an honest and direct way.
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5 Keys to Engaging Mid-Lifers in church
One of my good church friends is Jimmy*. Jimmy is a Baby Boomer, served in Vietnam, runs a small business he owns. He, like many of his generation, grew up going to church and spent the middle twenty or so years not. Jimmy and I would talk about what matters…
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The parable you never knew
Sandwiched between two of Jesus’s most famous parables is a small teaching about a lost coin. And it cracks the whole thing wide open. Two of the most recognizable parables sandwich a poor, misunderstood parable in Luke’s gospel. A parable of revolutionary proportions, often mistaken for an afterthought. A small, instructive parable that speaks today…
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