I don’t like to do typical things, and this applies not only to how I live but to my blogging as well. On Thanksgiving, I am not likely to write a post about what I am thankful for. On Christmas, I am not going to write a post about the secularization of Christmas, and how [...]

So, the other day Roger, of Ramblin with Roger (a gentleman from New York, who because of the Internet and a six-degrees thing, I have had the opportunity to make a connection with) tagged me for one of those random meme things. His stated purpose in doing so was to have the opportunity to know [...]

“Do you know where the word “phantasm” comes from? It comes from Plato’s… notion that there was such a thing as objective reality, but that the five senses of the body didn’t pick it up correctly. So reality, he thought, was a somewhat hazy reality for all people… Do we even know when we are [...]

The day is Sunday, the place is Saint Mary’s Anglican Church, the who is primarily me, the what is an event wherein I am confronted on two fronts with an aspect of my behavior that I need to change, and the why I cannot say for sure, but taking a shot in the dark I [...]

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
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It has always been hard for [...]

Noted author and biblical scholar Scot McKnight posted a quiz on his web page that is designed to reveal one’s hermeneutical approach toward the Scriptures. I was a little surprised by the results, which on a spectrum from conservative to moderate to progressive, put me right on the threshold between moderate and progressive. In reflecting [...]

My wife gave me a good idea. I recently visited her site and found that she posted a link to an article in the latest issue of Christianity Today titled, “The Future Lies in the Past”. This article is about the movement among evangelicals toward a recovery of roots, tradition, and history, particularly as [...]

Below are words from a flyer regarding a class I am going to teach at my church for adult Sunday school. I am excited and a little apprehensive about this venture. The excitement emerges from my love of teaching and theology, as well as the sense of fulfilling a calling. I am apprehensive due to [...]

Joel has embraced the dark side. It’s somewhat of a pain with him telekinetically snagging the remote out of my hand all the time, or getting me to say stuff like, “Sure Joel, you can stay up as late as you want, and here, why don’t you eat this ice cream I just dished up [...]

I sense there is more to giving thanks than I am generally in touch with. There are things in my life that sustain me and bring me joy, and I know that ultimately I don’t have these things because of my cunning or will. Instead, these things were given to me and so I [...]