Faith —
I had to smile at this interpretation of the message of Christianity:
The belief that some cosmic Jewish Zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity [...]
A good list by Carmen C. Dicello.
If Jesus were walking our streets [post]. . .
He would be more critical of those who are theologically on target than those who are not.
He would attend celebrations and drinking parties.
He would possibly provide the beer.
He would drink with the rest of us.
He would spent [...]
Christopher Morley said:
I went to the theatre
With the author of a successful play.
He insisted on explaining everything.
Told me what to watch,
The details of direction,
The errors of the property man,
The foibles of the star.
He anticipated all my surprises
And ruined the evening.
Never again!–And mark you,
The greatest Author of all
Made no such mistake.
So, maybe it is a good [...]
Psalm 13
How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and everyday have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?Look on me and answer, O Lord my God. Give light to [...]
Ok, so I just read a story in the Bible that I never knew was in there. It seems like it’s just tossed in at the end of Elisha’s ministry. I don’t know what this does to your “God box” but it shakes up my paradigm a little. So here is the short story from [...]
“First they came for the Communists but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists but I was not one of them, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews but I was not Jewish so I did [...]
“God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is in the silence of a mother who has infected her child with a virus that will end both their lives. God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity [...]
I was reading the nakedpastor’s blog post about vision and I agree with him. Vision is so promoted in churches as the way to bring life and “purpose” to the congregation. Proverbs 29:18 “Without a vision, the people perish.” is stated to give biblical support for this corporate/business idea. David Hayward points out that the [...]
my true self blogger jennifer created this video. This video and her blog reveals a lot of pain and honesty as well as providing some serious issues the church needs to deal with.
I am one of the financiers of three small businesses around the world. I took some of my tax return and used it to make a microloan to need people around the world who are trying to make a living. I have done this through kiva.org. “Kiva lets you lend to a specific entrepreneur in [...]