Posts by pwsadmin
Is Trump the Anti-Christ?
A Baptist minister in Stuart’s Draft, VA, was fired for calling Donald Trump the anti-Christ and for saying that anyone who votes for him is not a Christian. This happened…
Read MoreYour Theology is Your Opinion
As state Supreme Courts – and the US SC, eventually – prepare to hear cases about public schools and governments force-feeding religion on unwilling participants, I think it is important…
Read MoreBreaking up is hard to do
You all know that I was a United Methodist until I was 39, serving as a pastor for 15 years before I left and became United Church of Christ. I…
Read MoreThe Public Manipulation of God
I have probably mentioned this before, so please bear with me. It was probably 24 years ago; I was new at my present church, and it was time for the…
Read MoreObjectively Bad?
As a Christian, I struggle with judgment. I try really hard to not judge people based on appearance and have pretty much gotten over my biases about that. Still, occasionally,…
Read MoreNo Room For Difference
We have seen a disturbing shift in America these last 50 years, and I don’t see it as a shift for the better. For much of our history, the dominant…
Read MoreViolence Instead of Reason
I know that all of us have been horrified by the destruction that has wreaked havoc on much of the South and some of the Midwest recently and have been…
Read MoreIn the World, But Not of It
There is great beauty in the Gospel of John, but it is also, in many ways, really annoying to read, especially out loud. I know – you think I am…
Read MoreWords Matter
I use words for a living. I speak, preach, teach, and write every day. I am called upon to pray at events, often at the spur of the moment. What…
Read MoreMan or Bear?
Since this past spring, a question has been going viral on the internet: men were asked if they would rather have their daughter encounter a man or a bear in…
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