Christians of all stripes make mistakes, but usually they are not quite as public as when a pastor stumbles in a service. I was present at a very painful service earlier this month in Ecuador which started out with good intentions but ended in fiasco. A little girl of 13 in a gorgeous […]
by Francis Thompson
I fled Him, down the nights and down the days;
I fled Him down the arches of the years;
I fled Him down the labyrinthine ways
Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears
I hid from Him, and under running laughter.
Up vistaed hopes I sped;
And shot, precipitated,
Adown Titanic glooms of chasmed fears,
From those strong […]
Does God have a dark side? Would he punish or even damn souls who don’t surrender to Him in this life? Even those who never heard? No second chances? Even in the afterlife? What looks like injustice to us is also injustice to God. There is no “higher” God […]
Ho, ho! The Feminist Mormon Housewives blog has finally taken up the subject of sex in Mormon families in a posting called Sex Talk. Comments approaching 250.
Not as many people know Frank Schaeffer as knew his father, Francis, the early Christian Right apologist, but he’s apparently well enough known in evangelical circles to get hate mail from them. I’ve been quite taken with two of his novels, Portofino, and Zermatt. They, along with Saving Grandma, are the ongoing saga […]
In a presentation by Craig Keener, we were reminded to be transformed by the renewing of our minds (Romans 12:2) and by being living sacrifices. Is that an oxymoron or what? Can we really love God so much that nothing else matters?
Without God our spiritual efforts will not succeed. Do not assume […]
I’ve had Kathleen Norris’ work recommended to me a number of times, but hadn’t picked up any of her books until this weekend. Her Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith is her struggle with the jargon of Christianity, of what she calls the “scary words.” Her process of conversion involved the reading of […]
Love each other… more and more, and make it your ambition to lead a quiet life…. Mind your own business and work with your hands.
I Thessalonians 4:9-11 TNIV