Posts by pwsadmin
Misquoting Jesus
A recent quote from VP JD Vance has sparked controversy – it is attached to this thought – among Christians of all flavors. Vance states that it is a Christian…
Read MoreTaking the Bible – and Faith – Seriously
One of the first Bible studies I ever did at Calvary was a comparison of the biblical creation stories in Genesis 1 and 2. I said that you can tell…
Read MoreGrowing Up Protestant in America
I grew up as part of the dominant culture of American Protestantism in the midst of a fairly large Jewish population. I remember the first time my parents used the…
Read MoreMoney and Morality
Is there a moral dimension to money and how we use it? Many objective capitalists will say that money is only a tool to be used to make more money,…
Read MorePrayer
As I have written recently, I have been going through a crazy, head-scratching time with illness. What I thought was flu was pneumonia which became septic shock, almost got me…
Read MoreNOT a Christian Nation (and Never Was)
The reverberations of Bishop Budde’s commentary toward, and hope for, our new president continue. Now congress decided to put their 1 cent in, chastising the bishop for being political when,…
Read MoreYou’ll Be Fine
I can’t tell you how many times I have heard this said or seen it written in the last 2 months. Spoken, usually, by people who actually will be fine,…
Read MoreStraight and Narrow
Two Genders. Two Sexes. Straight and nothing else. These are the binary concepts most of us have been taught. “It was Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.” Clever. But…
Read MoreReading is Fundamental
I was watching one of those “person on the street” segments the other day, and along with the usual gotcha moments when people didn’t know facts that seem pretty obvious…
Read MoreReading the Bible for What Isn’t There, Part 2
Tonight at 7pm – Spirit on Tap at the Doubletree Hotel – How Atheists, Secularists, and Humanists Live Without Faith. Come and eat early at Cheers – Parking is free…
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