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This coming Sunday I’m preaching on “The Blessings of an Imperfect Church.” As part of my preparation I picked up a copy of Steve Sjogren’s book, The Perfectly Imperfect Church: Redefining the “Ideal” Church. I’ve enjoyed Sjogren’s books in the … Continue reading →

The Bible tells us that “the wages of sin is death.” That sounds pretty dangerous to me. One of the prevailing sins in our culture (and throughout the ages from what I can tell) is the way men deal with … Continue reading →

Everyone knows the preachers only work 1 day a week. When someone else is doing the preaching for us, we don’t even work that one day. People seem to think it’s easy for us. It sure isn’t for me. Last … Continue reading →

In today’s New York Times, David Brooks writes (requires registration) about the relative advantage (political) conservatives have vs. liberals by being so much more divided. I’m not sure this is entirely correct, though it does seem true that liberals value … Continue reading →

This is a long discussion about changing/reforming institutions, written from a secular – libertarian point of view. The author’s conclusion is that she simply doesn’t have enuogh information to decide whether gay marriage would be a good thing or not. … Continue reading →

Emily & Kelsey: Easter 2005 Originally uploaded by rheyduck. Our oldest daughter Emily met Kelsey while in school in Houston. They have been good buddies ever since. Emily is sad that Houston is so far away, and they only get … Continue reading →

Tim Whitaker, UM Bishop in the Florida Annual Conference has a well-reasoned and compassionate piece on the Terri Schiavo case.

The headline of this CBS news item”Science Unlocks Biblical Secrets” sound more impressive than the actual news reported therein. An Israeli found a couple of small silver scrolls that have the Priestly benediction of Number 6 written on them. Now … Continue reading →

In an email discussion group about the theology of Tom Wright issues of Justification and Ecclesial Legitimacy have been some recent topics. I see a connection between the two in Wright’s approach and wrote what is below: Some Orthodox (I … Continue reading →

Charles Taylor is one of my favorite philosophers. I find his Sources of the Self and volumes of philosophical papers (one, two and three) to be very helpful in understanding the rise of modernity and the transition to postmodernity. I … Continue reading →