What if….? A group called ‘Stop Christianization of America’ is promoting ads on major city public transportation that urge people to leave the Christian f ...
No too long ago I was an angry Christian. Long before that I was an angry Conservative – because I was raised by an angry Conservative. It could just as easily hav ...
Ninth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 12)
GROUNDED AND ROOTED IN LOVE 10:31 AM ON FRI JUL 23 2010
Hosea 1:2-10 and Psalm 85 •
Genesis 18:20-32 and Psalm 138 •
Colossians 2:6-15, (16-19) •
Luke 11:1-13
So this feels dangerous to
ask. In fact, we do not really ...
Eighth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 11), Year C
GROUNDED AND ROOTED IN LOVE 12:32 PM ON THU JUL 15 2010
Amos 8:1-12 and Psalm 52 • Genesis 18:1-10a and Psalm 15 • Colossians 1:15-28 • Luke 10:38-42 It's Complicated. ...
First there was the Jesus on the Dashboard. Then we had WWJD bracelets, followed by Testa Mints, The Armor of God Pajamas and any one of hundreds of Christian- slogan tee- ...
Seventy Sunday after Pentecost
GROUNDED AND ROOTED IN LOVE 9:57 AM ON FRI JUL 9 2010
Amos 7:7-17Psalm 82
Colossians 1:1-14
Luke 10:25-37
Judgment.
No matter how we try to get away from he or how we try to
re-read the scriptures from a different p ...
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 8), Year C
GROUNDED AND ROOTED IN LOVE 10:15 AM ON FRI JUN 25 2010
2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 and Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20 •
1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21 and Psalm 16 •
Galatians 5:1, 13-25 • ...
I haven’t been paying much attention lately to any news other than what’s going on in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Gulf of Mexico. So I’ve missed the fun ta ...
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 7), Year C
GROUNDED AND ROOTED IN LOVE 3:21 PM ON FRI JUN 18 2010
1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a and Psalm 42 and 43 • Galatians 3:23-29 • Luke 8:26-39 We're going to take the liberty this week of ch ...
1 .God is a perfect God. 2. He made the world and everything in it, including us. 3. But he made it imperfect. 4. But he still loves his creation. 5. God is also an angry Go ...
I’ve long looked at the four Gospels as being complimentary to each other. One evangelist filling in the gaps that were, for whatever reason. left by another. Recent ...
God made it clear on Monday that he is not too pleased with tacky lawn ornaments, especially big ones associated with churches: MONROE, Ohio – A six-story statue of Jesus ...
Which scriptura should I sola?
SHARP IRON 6:06 PM ON MON JUN 14 2010
Probably the most famous example of someone tampering with the Christian scriptures is the so-called Johannine Comma: For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Fa ...
Third Sunday After Pentecost - Year C
GROUNDED AND ROOTED IN LOVE 11:16 AM ON FRI JUN 11 2010
1 Kings 21:1-10, (11-14), 15-21a and Psalm 5:1-8
2 Samuel 11:26-12:10, 13-15 and Psalm 32
Galatians 2:15-21
Luke 7:36-8:3
[Time for a lit ...
Second Sunday after Pentecost - Year C
GROUNDED AND ROOTED IN LOVE 1:24 PM ON THU JUN 3 2010
1 Kings 17:8-16, (17-24) and Psalm 146 •1 Kings 17:17-24 and
Psalm 30 •Galatians 1:11-24 •Luke 7:11-17 Every
day, not far from where you live, a parent sits at the b ...