Different strokes for different folks

I’ve never been part of a congregation that had a functioning prayer chain.  Usually this was because the “phone tree” was hopelessly out of date, and even the numbers that were correct tended to direct prayer requests to /dev/null.  In all these congregations the proposed “solution” to the problem of the non-functioning prayer chain was…

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Religious Brand Loyalty

When I was growing up religion was of minor importance to my family – both nuclear and extended.  While it was recognized that being “politely religious” was something that good people were, it was also true to say that being “politely religious” meant you show up to worship once and a while and expect people…

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Theophiles is a go..

For the last several years I’ve been a regular participant on a site called Christdot (X. for sort).  I even rose to the rank of admin, and permanent poll option!  While the journey was fun for the most part, and while I’ve formed some great friendships through the site, today that chapter of my life…

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Baptism Reflections

Well, I’m teaching a baptism class over the next eight weeks.  I’ve never been happy with the way I’ve taught baptism classes so I revamped the class for this set of candidates.  One of the exercises that the candidates are supposed to be practicing are reflections on the various passages I’ve got them reading each…

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Oh the neighbors!

Today, our neighbors got together for a gathering we’ve been trying to make more and more “regular.”  We had 11 adults, 3 school-age kids, 1 toddler, and 2 babies running through our house today – and I loved just about every minute of it.  This is unusual for me because after a couple of hours…

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First Thoughts: Inspiration and Incarnation

When I first heard that Westminster Seminary had suspended Peter Enns I honestly can say I had no idea what the trouble was. Then I read some of the things people were saying on either side of that school’s community and I thought, “Wow, this is…weird.” So I did what anyone wanting more information on…

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