For those who may be interested only in part of the subject matter of this blog, I have created three broad category feeds: Politics Religion Science I will include posts that cross the boundaries of two of these in both of the tags so you’ll get them if you subscribe to that feed.
. . . or I might say feedproxy from Google. Many of you may not be aware, but I do make part of my income from writing, and I wanted to have the opportunity to show just a small ad with my posts. I earlier had a post in which I asked whether people preferred…
A few days ago I posted a video about the new service being offered at my home church, First United Methodist Church of Pensacola. Yesterday I attended the first service. We ran out of standing room and about 80 people had to be sent to the other service. I am very interested in the concept…
Baptism of our Lord, Cycle B When we hear the word “water” in our modern world we generally think of nice things–a thirst-quenching drink, a nice shower or bath, fun in a swimming pool, or perhaps a fine ocean cruse. Thus when we think about baptism we tend to think mostly about cleansing or even…
For many Christians, especially those who love theology, the Gospel of John is a favorite. There’s a good reason why it is used in the lectionary on high holy days–it reflects on the meaning of the events in the life of Jesus. For me, however, the gospel of Mark has always had a special place. …
This is the relevant presentation from my audio series on the gospel of John for Epiphany 1B. Though the scripture reading ends at verse 41, the presentation covers the transition from the baptism to the wedding feast at Cana. {audio}2-1-baptism_to_ministry.mp3{/audio}
Why would I suggest this? Is it because I don’t think Governor Blagojevich is not corrupt? Do I think he’s “worthy”? Is it because I think Roland Burris is particularly well-suited to the job and somehow has a “right” to be in the Senate? In fact, I have a very low regard for Governor Blagojevich,…
If it isn’t one thing, it’s another. Now he says that physical abuse is not a sufficient reason for divorce, according to this Christian Post story. I feel his pain, in a sense, as he says that he wishes the Bible included such a reason for divorce, but that in fact, it does not. He…
Well, I fell behind during the Christmas break and didn’t keep up with posting. I did keep up with reading, and I may even post some of my thoughts on the older passages as I have time. I hope you won’t mind finding those in the feed. Today I will post some overviews of the…
OK, as this is an experiment, and it involves the United Methodist Church and Wesleyan theology, I’m going to play along. I have serious doubts about the validity of the results. The question is this: If some agency of the UM church put out a video and it wasn’t an experiment, would I be on…