Short post: talked with Scott, aired my concerns, he aired his. We understand each other, although if I’m going to be happy, I have to go in Fridays and change the lyrics to my satisfaction. More later.
Category Archives: religion
Sigh
So I’m here early at church, around 3 o’ clock. And we’ve been given specific instructions to “not make any additions, deletions, or changes” to any slides. Apparently, this week’s message is diverging from our normal path, but the overall feeling is… stifling. And I don’t know if I can do it this way. For …
On “The Golden Compass” and the hubris of reactionary behavior
By now, most of you may have seen the chain mail going around that begins: Just wanted you all to be aware… “There will be a new children’s movie out in December called “The Golden Compass“. The movie has been described as “atheism for kids” and is based on the first book of a trilogy …
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Feeling Better, Then Just Feeling It
If you haven’t stopped by Lopey’s Links yet, you’re missing my sad attempt at making a Fark.com clone with other “somewhat interesting but probably only to me” links. But I’m happy with it, and it keeps me out of trouble. This is the second week of my weight management/exercise program. It’s interesting. I’m on essentially …
A Prayer of Thanks For What I Don’t Have
(Note: God is one of those things that I still intellectually struggle with. I haven’t fully surrendered to His will, I tend to dispute issues in the Bible that seem improbable, and I can’t let go of the belief that I can do it on my own, so discussing prayer is not easy for me. …
Intelligent Design
Just read the link, ok? When we change the meaning of words like “theory”, or use them out of context (as in “It’s just a theory”. WHAT PART OF SCIENTIFIC THEORY DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?), God’s creation gets distorted and destroyed by our attempts to put God into a neat little box, safe from scary, …
And here’s some food for thought
From Daily Kos
This guy scares me
Fred Phelps
Great message at Spring Creek Church
I don’t know whether we’ve actually made public that we’re now attending Spring Creek Church instead of First Christian Richardson. I’m hesitant to talk about it, but since our faith isn’t something that is negotiable, I guess now is the time. After a good year as a board chair, and after five years doing the …
An interesting quiz
You scored as Emergent/Postmodern. You are Emergent/Postmodern in your theology. You feel alienated from older forms of church, you don’t think they connect to modern culture very well. No one knows the whole truth about God, and we have much to learn from each other, and so learning takes place in dialogue. Evangelism should take …