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In an earlier post, I wrote about praying for a woman whose family wants her to get better while she herself wants to be at peace:

And here I sit with a theology that says I can’t really request that God make anything happen.

A commenter on my WordPress Blog asked if I could say more about that, or if I’ve written about it in the past. I’m sure I ( Read more... )

Let's see if this one embeds better than earlier theology quizzes I took. It certainly was more accurate, although there still is not option for agree/disagree with "God is male."


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Alright, so I'm venturing out in greater circles of (non anonymous) virtual communications, and I have to say I find a lot of these other interfaces to be less than stellar ( Read more... )

I mean that in a good way ( Read more... )

Did anyone else watch the CNN "Compassion Forum" last night, where Senators Clinton and Obama separately talked about faith and answered questions about religion and politics ( Read more... )

Mostly for my own reference so I can find it again ( Read more... )

But nothing we didn't already know. Nearly half of Americans have switched religious affiliation/denomination. Oh, and that's not good news for the UMC.

With respect to my earlier thoughts about Easter, I read this in Borg and Crossan's The Last Week, which, about three pages from the end now, I highly recommend ( Read more... )

Alright, YouTube lovers, do me a favor if you would.

Watch a video or two by Father Matthew (here's a decent one I found), and then reply to me and tell me what you think could make an idea like this better, more relevant, more interesting, and so on. I for one think he can be a little cheesy because he's trying too hard to be funny ( Read more... )

So my thoughts on Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, which includes The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass.

First, I can't believe this, but it's true: I've finally found a series of books that I would recommend people not read for religious reasons. I don't mean like Narnia and Left Behind, which are Christian ( Read more... )