society
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Go with the flow
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4 min read
Conversations about energy rarely take into account the precipitating factor of our disagreement: that we long to be masters of creation. Scripture gives us an entirely different charge.
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So there’s this big hubbub about a faith group wanting to build a structure in Manhattan to practice their faith. This isn’t really news, let’s be honest, regardless of what the faith group is. Now, if it were some fringey group or the First United Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, we might find it…
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the importance of Anne Rice’s quitting church
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3 min read
The news that celebrated novelist Anne Rice is quitting Christianity is no doubt be taken lightly by most of the world. In the same way that I reject caring about the gossip of celebretries, it would be quite easy to dismiss this announcement. And there might even be a few people out there that are…
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The Fool
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3 min read
“You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you.” This week’s gospel in the RCL is Luke 12:13-21. It deals with Jesus preaching to this crowd of thousands and he is describing how radical the Kingdom of GOD looks compared with the world we live in. It is a pretty profound message…
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Theology as dialogue
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6 min read
I talk back to my TV. I don’t do it regularly. I also don’t expect my TV to respond. I don’t expect the actors in my favorite shows to stop, mid-script, turn their heads toward me, and respond to my comments or anything. But, from time-to-time, I need to respond. Two shows seem to draw…
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a brief note on the oil crisis
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1 min read
I am feeling so much grief about the oil crisis–and I know I’m not the only one. My heart aches for the land… the people… the workers (from the rig and those cleaning up)… the entire ecosystem… the Creator and Life-Giver… and everyone directly and indirectly dependent on the Gulf of Mexico. And the question…