Who Is Your Cornelius?

Who Is Your Cornelius?

On April 28, the US Supreme court is scheduled to hear oral arguments regarding the legalizing of same sex marriage. National polls show that the majority of Americans now support marriage equality. Over the past decade public opinion has shifted from opposition to...
Is Resurrection Your Experience?

Is Resurrection Your Experience?

In this Internet Age finding a conspiracy theory is easier than ever. It seems that there is always someone trying to convince you to deny the obvious and believe in a well orchestrated clandestine series of events that provide an alternate explanation to the one...
Tables in Need of Turning

Tables in Need of Turning

If Jesus’ grand entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday was a procession for the king of the kingdom of heaven then the coronation would be the troubling of the temple (for surely more than the tables were upset). After two millennia there has been a whole lot of...
I’ve Seen Jesus

I’ve Seen Jesus

Talking with a colleague about this week’s parable about the sheep and the goats prompted me to consider adding “I’ve seen Jesus” to my ministerial profile. That would seem like good credentials for a Christian minister wouldn’t it? The...
Whom Would Jesus Friend?

Whom Would Jesus Friend?

If Facebook changed its policies (not hard to imagine) so that confirming a friend request meant that you also added all of that person’s friends how would that change the way to reply to friend requests? Would you welcome the exponential increase to posts on...
Heaven is Timey-Wimey

Heaven is Timey-Wimey

Science fiction may be where we find the parables of our time. Science fiction stories often tell a truth by using simile and symbol, leaving us the opportunity to make meaning for ourselves from the elements. With that in mind, I offer a one sentence parable for my...
How High Is Your Horse?

How High Is Your Horse?

President Obama recently got a good deal of grief for suggesting that Christians should not get on their high horse in criticizing the current barbarism being displayed by some in the name of Islam forgetting our own history which has its own horrific acts of violence...
Light in the Darkwood

Light in the Darkwood

As we complete our journey following the wholly human and holy divine Jesus, we find ourselves on a mountaintop bathed in transfiguring light. Jesus led us there in a very human manner, one step at a time. A summit achieved through struggle adds more meaning to the...
Deep Breath

Deep Breath

In the first episode of Doctor Who this season, robots were capturing humans for their parts. Clara is able to avoid detection as long as she holds her breath, but she eventually exhales and is captured. During the ensuing interrogation, she is asked again and again...
Fake It ‘Til You Make It

Fake It ‘Til You Make It

There is a qigong gesture called “The Prayer Wheel Keeps Turning.” As a beginner, one usually starts by using the arms to move one fist over another. After a few hundred repetitions, one might get a few where the movement is connected through the torso, so the hips...

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