There are always easier ways to get things done. Cutting sod with a machine might have been easier this morning but it was good for this preacher to sweat. Jerry Manney used to tell me, "It’s hard on a preacher to sweat." He may have enjoyed watching me move … Continue reading
Read MoreConfession. I don’t take off enough. My wife reminds me of this. My memory proves it. Our church is generous. Not only have I been around long enough to accrue four weeks of vacation, early on I was given four weekends a year (one each quarter). So, I could … Continue reading
Read MoreSunday evening we did not have services here on The Hill. Patty and I attended a Christian Forum on the subject, "Ecology, Environment and a Christian Response." A young couple attending our church was asked to be on the panel for the discussion. We wanted to hear what … Continue reading
Read MoreYesterday I wrote of systemic issues continuing to foster occasions where we fail to help and end up hurting. Today I find David Wayne, a.k.a. Jolly Blogger, noting systemic issues related to "standard" Baptist polity. What do you think?… Continue reading
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Is everything interpretation? … may be …
James K.A. Smith points out the reality of differing interpretations of the same event in, Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism?. For example, he writes a couple of contrasting pieces wherein some travelers in Jerusalem conclude Jesus is just another Nazarene crucified in Jerusalem. In apposition he writes a piece … Continue reading
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