The Grind of Governance
Im pretty frustrated with the workings of our government. I mean really, can we get anything useful done? The City of Chicago passed a law trying to limit the number of guns on their streets. Not a bad idea; there are a lot of murders in Chicago. Naturally, the Supreme Court struck [...]

Post for Commuter Times
I show my anti-religious side often enough, I thought this time I’d show my religious side for a change. I draw life from the text of the Bible. Which is why it disturbs me when people make a mockery of the text. Take this verse from First Kings – one of the [...]

If, as I have suggested, there is no God “up there” that fidgets and interferes with the laws of nature, then what is the point of asking God for things, or thanking God for things, in prayer? Granted, thanking God for things may have a beneficial psychological effect, lifting our vision beyond the sometimes discouraging [...]

All Things Are Lawful ( Audio approximately 10 MB Right click to download)

The Spirit’s Temple (Audio approximately 10 MB right click to download)

Ethical Community (Audio approximately 10 MB right click to download)
Ethical Community
First Corinthians 5:1-8
‘Oh why do I do this to myself?’ I wonder.  Have you read the passage for this week.  We printed it in the bulletin the week before.  Every once in a while I ask myself, “Why on earth I assigned this passage to [...]

Sin – Evil and Good (Audio approximately 10 MB – right click to download)

I was told they invite Gentiles to a second night Seder. Isn’t that incredibly great? I mean it; the Jews, a spiritually imaginative people who’ve been reviled and persecuted, celebrate this hopeful ritual meal signifying God’s care in the midst of bitter times, and then the next night, they invite others to experience that same [...]

What Happened on Easter?
A post on Patheos.com
“He is risen!” Now there’s a sentence that gets varied response – everything from, “Have you lost your mind?” to, “He is risen indeed!” (Isn’t it annoying when the leader thinks the response isn’t loud enough and attempts to manufacture joy by putting us through it again?) Our worldview [...]

Receiving the Divine Through the Third Person of the Trinity [1]
My first identifiable experience of God came one clear night on a mountain, while laying on my back, staring into the cosmos. “How big is it,” I asked and kept asking? And it kept getting bigger, and bigger, and bigger until I shuddered in fear, [...]