[When I was reading over today's readings, my thoughts were much what they were three years ago, so I'm re-posting that reflection here today.] We humans are a rather predictable lot. Our heads are turned by good looks whether we want them to be or not; we can know someone is manipulative and still find … Continue reading A Kingdom of Small Beginnings (Repost)
As this series celebrating the strengths of different Christian traditions goes on, the smaller the scope of each post gets. Even this week we’ve gone from the larger Western Christian tradition, to the Protestant movement, and today, to the particular group of Protestants in which I was raised, and with which, for the most part, … Continue reading Why I Am … Anglican
So far in this series celebrating (what I see as) the strengths of different Christian traditions and movements, I’ve spent time with two of the three major ‘groups’ of Christian traditions, the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. Today I’ll be turning to the third, those movements which grew out of the Protestant Reformation. I’ll … Continue reading Why I am … Protestant
This series is intended to celebrate the ways I have been influenced by various Christian traditions and movements. It involves a lot of ‘positive-positive’ polarities, things we often think of as opposites but are better served by being in creative tension with each other. Today’s post resolves two such polarities set up last week, being … Continue reading Why I am … Catholic
We live in an age the devil must love. For ‘devil’, and likewise ‘Satan’, means ‘deceiver, one who confuses’, so this age of AI-generated lies, fake news (and people crying ‘Fake News!’ about real news), dissembling, finger-pointing, and distracting, is right up their alley. (This is true whether we take the devil as a literal … Continue reading A House Divided: A Reflection on Mark 3.20-35
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