Where Is God?

On the way out of our second service yesterday, one of our 20-something worshippers stopped and asked me a question – How do I know if God is still there?…

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Misusing God – Again

For whatever reason – algorithm or the shear amount of it – I have seen a lot of articles and videos this week of so-called christian men bellowing about women…

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Is Speech Always Free?

I have been pondering this idea – about whether speech is always free – a bit since the whole Macklemore kerfuffle on the Ed Sheeran tour. The truth is that…

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Wishing Someone Dead

It is one of Jesus’s most troubling teachings, and it appears in Matthew 5, smack dab in the middle of the Beatitudes (the Beautiful Sayings): “You have heard that it…

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When Men Are Fragile

This has been in the news this year, but most of us have probably ignored it because it has nothing to do with us: Men’s Only Gyms. It seems that…

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Misusing God

The 3rd Commandment is, “You shall not take God’s name in vain.” Or misuse God’s name. It goes on to say, “For God will not hold those guiltless who take…

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Is Gambling a Scourge?

Growing up Methodist, there were two things that set us apart from most Christians. One was our historic opposition to drinking alcohol – you can thank the Methodists, in part,…

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Is It Socialism?

To begin – I am not a fan of socialism or communism, and I have been feeling pretty tepid about capitalism for about 20 years. As I wrote in yesterday’s…

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