Yesterday my good friend and former youth group student Wade Baker posted a link on my Facebook wall on the topic of Christian music that started an interesting conversation and inspired a couple of thoughts that I wanted to address here on the blog side (FB friends who are interested can read the original conversation … Continue reading Trying to go deep in the shallow end of the pool
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How important is good theology?
Really interesting conversation from Asbury Seminary -- Shane Claiborne on why good theology is important and the dangers of bad theology: Shane Claiborne on Theology
A Letter to Mom
As a United Methodist lay speaker, I occasionally get the opporunity to preach to actual churches full of people rather than just the online community that I connect with on Facebook, Twitter and here on Faithrants.com. This morning I was in my home church, First United Methodist of Williamstown, to give a Mother's Day message. … Continue reading A Letter to Mom
Time to go all Old Testament on you…
Because I've been teaching a couple of classes on the Old Testament for the past few weeks, it's really been influencing my thinking of late. It seems a lot of Christians don't like to spend much time in the Old Testament. Beyond the Creation story, a few character sketches about various heroes and villains we … Continue reading Time to go all Old Testament on you…
Don’t eat dog vomit…
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. (Proverbs 26:11) Another Creation Festival has come and gone. And, as always, there is much to process from an emotional and spiritual perspective. We often talk about "mountaintop experiences" in our faith walks...those times when we are so full of our love … Continue reading Don’t eat dog vomit…
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