On My Soapbox or, Choose a Pattern to Protest the System
We all use the soapbox. Given the current Election Cycle we hear many on their soapbox. Preachers are no exception. Related posts: More Irruptions of the Real? “Hey SBC, Read Fitch!” (Non) Voting As A Challenge to Power – One Non-vote Voter’s Reflection Protecting Privilege or, Will We Work for Justice? Could Scalia and Ginsburg...
Sponsoring Conversations and Shout Outs
I have never owned a pair of Beats. When I was gifted my iPod years ago I used the provided earbuds. That was until just two years ago. Related posts: Souhan, Moltmann, and Theology Meals Not Books or, Stop Giving Your Staff Leadership Books to Read Taming Theologians – A Different Bonhoffer? Can Religion Bear...
Don’t Eat the Red Herring or, Let’s Keep the Conversation Going in the Same Direction
My friend Don once told me, “Don’t eat the blue food.” Don worked in Dallas and often visited the local “roach coach.” For those of you born before the advent of the Food Truck craze, the “roach coach” was its precursor. Consider it a mobile food vendor. Don said, “Don’t mind the green food. Just...
Eddie the Eagle Edwards and the Power of Myth
We would die inside if we did not give our all. Maybe that should be our life mantra. All of us. Related posts: Letting Go of Heroes or, Why Is That Note In My Study Bible? Thunder Win Bores Barkley – Maybe He Needs a Beard Like Harden OU Football: Challenge Accepted Don’t Blame Musburger...
Could Scalia and Ginsburg Provide Illustration for the Pastor-Theologian?
Imagine reading that the late Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg were “best buddies.” Noted for their position on opposite ends of the judiciary perspective, one wonders, at least I wonder, could their relationship provide an illustration for the Pastor-Theologian? I believe so. Related posts: (Non) Voting As A Challenge to Power – One Non-vote...
Can Religion Bear the Weight? or, Choosing to Withhold Final Judgement
One day we will decide. Until then we withhold final judgement. Even those who already voted in a primary caucus or election. Maybe there is merit in a system that illustrates why we do not make final judgments when candidates sprint out of the gate. Already several stumbled and now find themselves watching, sidelined. Related posts:...
I Want to Talk With, Not To/At, People Outside the Church
Conversation is an art. Many experience serial monologues masquerading as conversation. One of the distinctions may be discovered in the preposition. Rarely does a person walk away satisfied they have been heard if the conversation is described as having talked to or at. Related posts: Mentors – Get Some: 1 of 20 Looking Back, Looking...
The Rolling Stone Jesus Cannot Stop or, Are Evangelicals From Nazareth?
Shane Blackshear said it well, Every election cycle I hear Christians lament the lack of “good candidates”. 2000 years after Jesus & they’re still waiting on a savior. — Shane Blackshear (@beardonabike) February 4, 2016 Related posts: Conservatives Need Love Too (Non) Voting As A Challenge to Power – One Non-vote Voter’s Reflection “Don’t Be...
Honesty and a Posture of Hatred Toward Suffering with Jason Micheli
Jack Nicholson defiantly responds to Tom Cruise, “You can’t handle the truth.” Honesty is often both difficult to hear and receive. Pastors are not somehow immune to answering the question that sounds like, “Do I look fat in this dress?” Related posts: Whips and Systems or, The Better Question May Be, “Why Them?” Do You...
Conditioned Imaginations or, Stop with the Equivocation – A Guest Post
Rarely does anyone question the call for a Christian to be radical. When radical is associated with Muslims it is a different impulse. We must ask, “How has our imagination been conditioned?” Related posts: The Value of Religion, Choosing Ignorance, and Identifying Arguments: An Interview with Greg Horton The Crystal Cathedral As the First Domino...
America Changed Christianity or, Do Not Follow Alabama Baptist on Twitter
The prohibition exposes the desire. Now that you have wandered over to follow Alabama Baptist on Twitter, inspired by my prohibition, let me suggest that any publication that could exercise good judgment when printing any piece it receives and does not, does not deserve a single Twitter follower. Or any follower for that matter. Related...
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Bern-ing Pragmatism or, Why It Does Not Matter What Bernie Believes About God
What Bernie Sanders believes about God does not matter. However, what he believes about god may. Related posts: Treyvon, a Legal System, and the Justice To Come (Non) Voting As A Challenge to Power – One Non-vote Voter’s Reflection The SBC Land Slide or, Why Dr. Land is Not the Issue Aintsobad May Be So...