Developing as a Congregation and Community
Sunk Cost Thinking
By pwsadmin |
Few people know this term, yet most of us live by it. Sunk Cost thinking is what keeps us in ...
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Fear and Loathing
By pwsadmin |
One of the best and perennial favorite Christmas movies for Americans is "It's a Wonderful Life". This iconic and heroic ...
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Football and Militarism
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As I prepared to watch the Rose Bowl this year, I was brought back to just before the pandemic when ...
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It isn’t what you think it is…
By pwsadmin |
I have often written about growing up in a community with a large Jewish population, and how that experience shaped ...
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A Sin is a Sin is a Sin?
By pwsadmin |
When my congregation voted to be an Open & Affirming congregation 10 years ago, we lost a couple of members. ...
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Without God, Am I Nothing?
By pwsadmin |
It's one of those things a lot of people say, and that, of course, makes it a prime candidate for ...
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The New Apostolic Reformation
By pwsadmin |
If you haven't heard of NAR, you need to do some reading. They are an ultra-conservative - actually, I don't ...
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Ego vs. Egotism
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One of my ongoing jokes - and I have many - is saying "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful." If ...
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The End of Dogma (Thank You Jesus!)
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I read an article this week about the rise of churches for the "nones" - those who do not claim ...
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The Pope and Blessing LGBTQ couples
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Years ago, I was at an ecumenical clergy gathering, and the subject of the pope came up in the conversation. ...
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