I’m grateful for the lessening pain in my mouth. But thanks to Tylenol with codeine, I still can’t seem to think straight to blog properly.
Nevertheless, I did want to point out some interesting similarities in the text of Luke 9, which includes the Gospel for this Sunday, and Isaiah 50, which I happened upon while [...]
An article posted at Cranach about pop Hinduism. Is anyone surprised? When faith is wedded to pop culture, conversations about faith are bound to disintegrate into subjectivity. “This is true because fun = relevant.” “This is true because it changed my life.” “This is true because I can relate to it.” Result: the whole bloody [...]
Pastor Peters has an insightful post at Pastoral Meanderings about why a particular segment of the worship wars is so heated: namely, between those who hold to the historic liturgy and hymnody, and those pastors who construct their own liturgy or order of service each Sunday. Just one quote:
“When you presume to write what the [...]
Our blogs have been down for several days, thanks to a broken server. But we’re back! Question for anyone reading out there: I originally started this blog as a way of thinking out loud, and also to keep family up-to-date since we’re so far away from everyone. Have things like Facebook rendered this blog obsolete? [...]
I’m on week two of this nasty flu bug, which has included a virtually unprecedented two consecutive missed Sundays. It hasn’t left me much energy to be terribly original, but here are a few random thoughts.
When you talk theology enough with different people, it becomes clear that the talk isn’t a matter of abstract, intellectual [...]
An excellent post by Kate from The Mockingbird Blog, exploring the theology of glory vs. the theology of the cross.
A quote from Pr. Weedon’s blog.
“As soon as the Holy Ghost enters into the heart of an individual, he becomes smaller and more modest. He no longer knows anything about himself in which he can boast, and he no longer despairs on account of his sins. He is insignificant in his own eyes, [...]
Haven’t I blogged enough about this lately? Guess not. So, the more I read comments by actual people in the pews who have embraced Reformed theology, the more concerned I grow over what very many describe as their concepts of eternal salvation and assurance. A surprising number are saying things like, “If God wants to [...]
You know what’s really kind of fascinating? When someone from one regional area is so heavily influenced by those of another regional area that specialize in their area of interest, that the person gets a new and weird accent.
I’m not talking about me (though I don’t discount that may have happened). This was brought on [...]