Culture

Church As Elixir

Do you hear the train? Not the one that passes through Tuttle. I mean the train as a metaphor for the U.S. economy. The delicate engine we hear may soon be driven off a cliff resulting in financial crisis.

Should the stalemate that created the conditions of our unstable … Continue reading

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Join the Protest, “Christ Is Risen”

Maybe we need more mantras. Mark Van Steenwyk suggests repeated phrases become protests. His son prompted him to consider, “Christ Is Risen,” as a protest mantra to the powers that you continue what is broken but Jesus points to something new. Not a bad post-election thought for election weary … Continue reading

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Conservatives Need Love Too

We slipped to number 3. Wyoming and Utah pushed Oklahoma down to number three as the reddest State in the Country after Election 2012. Reading Tweets and Facebook status updates by some friends and acquaintances left me wondering if we did not need to offer interventions.

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The Plane of Poor Discipleship or, President Obama May Have More In Common with Christians Who Refuse Him

“My candidate will best your candidate!” We will know the winner of Election 2012 sooner or later according to the pundits. Sooner may mean by midnight tonight. Later could mean by week’s end. Except, I am not interested in playing the game of one-upmanship. Let’s agree not to … Continue reading

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