Grabbing a cup of coffee and waiting for Sunday School to start this morning, Joni and I noticed a “50% off” shelf of books outside the bookstore/coffee bar. I love snooping around in bookstores. Today’s excursion produced this moment of
Grabbing a cup of coffee and waiting for Sunday School to start this morning, Joni and I noticed a “50% off” shelf of books outside the bookstore/coffee bar. I love snooping around in bookstores. Today’s excursion produced this moment of
The Big Narrative in American (and Western) society is that religious faith is: 1. dangerous (notice in the most recent Boston Bombing tragedy how stories about the bombers revolve tightly and consistently around “radical Islam”). 2. irrelevant (This is a
Something does not add up. Bear with me while I try to sort out these recent news stories. Three days ago I read an NPR story about Egyptian activists calling for the removal of religion from the identity card
(For the next few weeks I’d like to intersperse blog thoughts on college students and church related higher education along with other topics that catch my attention. I’m working on a writing project and would appreciate the feedback.) One
In my most recent post, in that short list of topics we United Methodists must find a way to discuss in love and truth, I mentioned sexuality. In light of that point, here is an example of why I said