patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian
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Sometimes a scene in a movie comes along that grabs your imagination and grips your sense of a deep subject. If you have not seen Les Miserables, let me suggest you let this short clip pique your curiosity to the point of a rental or a purchase. It caught me to be sure.
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Galatians 1:3-9
Pastoral Prayer: Loving and Gracious Lord of All, influences in our lives lure us to be observers and consumers. In order to live that way and claim to follow your
There seems to be great concern … Continue reading
Mark 10:46-52 (Job 42:1-6, 10-17; Hebrews 7:23-28)
Pastoral Prayer: Lord God, help us to see. Give us ears to hear what our eyes cannot see. As we see, by your Spirit, may your, “Go”, be met with our, “Follow.” And all God’s people say . . . Amen.
Saint Augustine wrote,
The wretched helplessness of fallen humanity is seen symbolically in the blindness of Bartimaeus. (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scriptures)
Seems a harsh evaluation of a story that is limited to seven verses. Even more, what would Augustine have in mind that would lead him to such a conclusion in … Continue reading
Early this morning the local weather prognosticator provided the temperature pattern for the first 14 days of October. Generally we are dry and still longing for cooler temps. That it seemed summer was hanging on at the first of October was evident. Temperatures were well above normal.
Like a correction in the market, the temps of late have been well below normal. At a meeting earlier today the Mayor and I were complaining, er uh, talking, about the weather. Deer hunters are often sweating in their stands, swatting flies. Not so this week. We both must have seen a similar … Continue reading
The Jesus Way … The Ordinary Radicals …
