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  • Not letting the song die in our hearts

    The quote I reflected on yesterday from Thoreau was this: Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. Are we going to the grave with a song still in our hearts? Are we going to the grave with a work of art still waiting to… Read more

  • The Attitude of a Servant and the Need for Justice

    The challenge of the servanthood of Jesus is one I like to avoid, quite honestly. 😉 When I get into a text like Philippians 2:1-13 I dig into the meditation of serving. This time through I am tracking the thought of “servant” through the Bible (in a very quick manner). What I am finding is… Read more

  • Finishing

    I have the privilege of meeting with a mentor in ministry every few weeks. We meet because I want to download over 40 years of ministry from his life and learn. One of the things he has on his mind right now is finishing WELL. Not just finishing… but finishing WELL. He is fully aware… Read more

  • Civil Disobedience

    Chuck Colson is raising the possibilities of civil disobedience. I understand that there could be some point in my lifetime where there MIGHT be some issues that would cause a separation so severe that civil disobedience would be a course of action. What, in your opinion, would or would not constitute such a move? Read more

  • Compassion and Conservative Christians

    Who knew? Obviously, no one had any idea “conservative” Christians could be compassionate… that is until someone like the New York Time officially recognizes that, hey, conservative Christians actually do some good! Okay, NOW, conservative Christians can be considered as compassionate. (It was like the media “discovering” Pentecostals in 2006, the 100th Anniversary of Azusa… Read more

  • Bad Theology Aside

    In spite of bad theology (see previous post), and the moral arguments we COULD have, what is obviously needed now is action. Please join me, if you have not already, in sending support to Haiti relief. If you are looking for reputable organizations, please try here or here. There are so many others, but if… Read more

  • Is Jesus THE Way?

    A recent post over at ScriptureZealot stirred my thinking. Some of the more incendiary comments have since been edited out, but it stirs me nonetheless. It raised the specter of hard-line Calvinism simply saying, “If you don’t believe in TULIP (and some very specific tenets of Calvinism) then you are preaching another gospel.” That’s the… Read more

  • Peace in the Middle East

    I am a political person to the core. I can talk politics all day long. So… I avoid it. There are just too many other things going on, so I want to focus more on theology, spiritual formation, etc. Theologically, the whole realm of “end times theology” is a massive heap of varied opinions. So,… Read more

  • Monday Thoughts

    Some random thoughts from the weekend, last week, etc. Obama and the Supremes President Obama will get his first appointment to the Supreme Court. Souter is retiring and now the hand-wringing begins. Conservatives are worried he will find someone even more liberal than Souter. Liberals are worried Obama may not get someone liberal enough. When… Read more

  • File This… I would file this under “DUH” and “DOH!” An article discusses a sociologists findings that social networking sites could be harmful to a child’s development. A couple of key thoughts from the article: Social networking websites are causing alarming changes in the brains of young users, an eminent scientist has warned. Sites such… Read more