So, I am moving forward to number 3.  I'm sure I'll get to 1 soon.  Did you know it's incredibly difficult to type with a cat on your arm ( Read more... )

I found this poem on the http://wecan.be/.   It is from a book called Can You Hera the Music?.  It's actually a nice reworking of the original.  I'm gonna bold some of my favorite parts.

Blessed

Blessed are the lost and confused,
for admitting what the rest of us deny

Blessed are the paranoid,
for they will realize they were right all along

Blessed ( Read more... )

I started reading only the red letters attributed to Jesus because I have always taken issue with some of what others in the Bible have said.  I wanted to see what Jesus is credited with teaching himself.  Of course the first thing you read is the Beatitudes in Matthew.  So, I am doing a little study on them through Google and various other ( Read more... )

Here is the sequel to the devotional I got yesterdays thought from.  I very much enjoyed it.  Even though it is not from this site, it is base don the passage of the same name as http://www.whosoever.org/

( God is Love )

Today, once again, I was reminded by this lovely little book of a passage that reflects who we are in Christ. It is not bout who others say we are, but who we are because of our relationship with the Creative power of the universe.

Romans 8:31-39

God’s Love in Christ Jesus ( Read more... )

I got my new devotional/meditation book yesterday and started it this morning. I wish I had found it in 2001, but it didn’t come out until 2003 and I only found it a few weeks ago. It's called Reconciling Journey by Michal Anne Pepper.

It is more a journey of discovering who you are spiritually, than a defense of being gay like so many books on ( Read more... )

So, no one thinks I have abandoned my blog, I thought I would share with you one of the quandaries I have had in my study of Jon recently.  I am currently preparing a stuffy of this book to be published online and as soon as the first installments are completed, I will post them here as well.  It’s taking up most of my current study and writing ( Read more... )

This passage which is in my Bible class’ study this week (1/4) was at first confusing because it seems to run on. The reason for this, is that it was originally one sentence in the original language.

As Paul begins his prayer he begins with a blessing, the berakhah, which I believe my friend AJ Jacobs referred to in his excellent book. The berakhah ( Read more... )

Back in December I spoke on this topic and today as I was reading the Lectionary texts for this Sunday, I cam across the following passage which sheds some more light on my discussion. While Paul previously said all things are permissible, he gives us an argument for following the Law as well.

Romans 6:1-11

1What then are we to say? Should we ( Read more... )

As we approach Epiphany and look at the coming of God as man, I think that the passage from Paul which is also in the lectionary reading this week is especially appropriate.  The Magi brought gifts of Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh.  What do each of us have to bring?

This is something I have been contemplating a lot lately, as I seek to return to the ( Read more... )