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Things That Make Me Go… “HUH?”
UBS, a Swiss bank, reports they lost $2 BILLION in a rogue trade incident. The Swiss. Precision-minded people. Keeper of international secrets. People who have a reputation for knowing what in the world they are doing… and one of their banks loses $2 billion in a rogue trade. Excuses like, “That person may have accidentally added a zero, or perhaps…
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Happy Birthday, Tyler Perry!
Let Madea teach you the Bible!
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The Loss of a Moral Compass
David Brooks’ column in The New York Times gives a synopsis of where we have come. Just yesterday in my Church History lecture I was talking with my students about the place tradition had in the Church for about 1700 years. While I will never argue that trusting tradition is always a good thing, I will say it is basically a good thing,…
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The Call of Discipleship is the Call of Care-Free Living
From Bonhoeffer’s Discipleship on Matthew 6:25-34 — Do not worry! Earthly goods deceive the human heart into believing that they give it security and freedom from worry. But in truth, they are what cause anxiety. The heart which clings to goods receives with them the choking burden of worry. Worry collects treasures, and treasures produce more worries. We desire to secure…
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Reflecting on 9/11
This is part of what I shared this morning with my congregation: The tragedy of 9/11 is a lesson in misplaced faith. Misplace your trust in the financial schemes of this world or the arm of power this world can give you… and even THAT can come crashing down. But what has the Church done since that time? We’ve chased…
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Foolishness!
The text I will reflect on the most for the 9/11 service will be 1 Cor. 1:18 – 2:5. There is a message on my heart regarding how we need truly live in light of 9/11 and with a view to the days ahead of us. Which brings me to 1:21 and interesting takes on translation. For since in the…
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Reflections Ten Years Later
I know that huge moments are frozen in time. The assassination of JFK is frozen in time. Anyone who was alive on that day that I have asked could tell me where they were and what they were doing the moment they heard about the death of JFK. I can remember where I was the moment I heard the news…
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The President’s Speech and Economic Theory
In light of the President’s speech last night and all the brouhaha we create over the ideological grenades we lob at each other these days, I thought we should be reminded of most economic theory origins. 😉
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Post 9/11
As we approach the 10th anniversary of 9/11, I have this question in mind: In light of 9/11, what, if anything, has changed in you as a result of that event?
