Posts by pwsadmin
Good (?) Friday
“What’s so good about it?” is the question that almost every child, once learning about the nature of the day, will ask. The use of “good” may be another one…
Read MoreDisunity around the Table
It is the only day of the year when all Christians celebrate Holy Communion. It is called by different names and practiced in different ways, but the essential nature of…
Read MoreZealots
They’re everywhere – sports, politics, religion, games – and they are out to enlist us in their causes. The earliest use of the term was a group of Jewish nationalists…
Read MoreReligious Appropriation
There’s been a lot of concern in recent years – some of it overdone – about cultural appropriation. This is the phenomenon when people dress or act like a culture…
Read MoreWhat kind of country do you want to live in?
Our speaker on Friday, Dr. Robert Jones of PRRI, asked a simple question – what kind of country do you want to live in? We can either choose to live…
Read MoreThe Church Has a Racism Problem
I have always known that the church has a racism problem. Going to a small church an hour away from Drew Theological Seminary, I got the pleasure of knowing a…
Read MoreMore Thoughts and Prayers?
As we continue to mourn and yell and weep in the aftermath of yet another school terrorist shooting, we are divided over what to do. For some, banning guns is…
Read MoreHonest Leadership
A recent article in Christianity Today cited a study that looked into Generation Z and their relationship with the Church and Christianity. What they found about participation was no surprise:…
Read MoreGuns (again)
It is one of the most disturbing stories in the Christian Scriptures, and every time I read it in church, I am filled with sadness and anger. The Wise Men…
Read MorePublic Pornography
Justice Potter Stewart said in 1964 (about pornography), “I know it when I see it.” The quote was actually given to him by his law clerk, Alan Novak, as Stewart…
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