Blog, Episode 7, R U Kidding
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...
Blog, Episode 6, R U Kidding
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...
Blog, Episode 5, R U Kidding
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...
Blog, Episode 3, R U Kidding
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...
Blog, Episode 2, R U Kidding
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...
Blog, Episode 1, R U Kidding
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...
Blog, Episode 6, Wholly Human
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...
Blog, Episode 5, Wholly Human
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...
Blog, Episode 4, Wholly Human
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...
