Dec 11, 2015
Her name is Moriah Wierschem. Christianity Today‘s piece, Liberty Student: Why I Didn’t Cheer for Jerry Falwell Jr, provides a glimpse into the minds of a number of students who do not share their University President’s call to arms amid the thundering applause of the gathered crowd. Maybe CT thought the story title best represented...
Nov 30, 2015
Blame it on the ice storm. My original intent was to announce the winner of my recent, “Name That Podcast,” contest on Friday. Intermittent service due to the recent icepocalypse in our area prompted the delay. Thanks to All Who Submitted Thank you to all who entered the contest by submitting a suggestion. Here are...
Nov 30, 2015
Once upon a time a small community grew up within a larger city. The people gathered to consider the shared benefits of local government and schools, shared life together. Over time the small community grew. Its boundaries, it city limits, determined the scope for its services. One day it dawned on the once small community...
Nov 23, 2015
Last week I began running a contest to help name a new podcast venture for Pastor-Theologians. Have you entered? To date there are several good possibilities and a couple that made me laugh out loud. It was a good thing no one was around! If you missed the long post with the explanation, read it...
Nov 17, 2015
What’s in a name? Shakespeare prompted us to think with the words of Juliet, O! be some other name: What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d, Retain that dear perfection which he owes ...
Nov 14, 2015
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Nov 10, 2015
Trump and Carson now run neck and neck in a recent poll. One wonders what that means. Most of us acknowledge it is too early to tell. Late in the summer I began adding Interviews to my podcast. Since I host the podcasts on my personal account I do not have accurate stats as to...
Oct 27, 2015
Who is surprised Donald Trump knows little about Adventism? Most do not know much about it. Trump’s recent recall of his Presbyterian connections, not the degree of his adherence to that branch of the Christian Tree, illustrates how influential Evangelical discipleship has been on elections since Reagan. Between the Blind Men What is up with […]
Oct 21, 2015
Meteorologists alert us to changing weather patterns. One of our local television stations offers a Bus Stop Forecast. Most parents want to know what weather appropriate clothing to choose for their children any given day. We may make adjustments by adding a layer or putting on a short sleeve shirt. What happens when the weather […]
Oct 17, 2015
I used to hate silence. Not so much anymore. Only the wind blowing in the trees through the Gap breaks the stillness. Occasionally I think I can hear the constant flow of the Rio Grande. Then a car interrupts the natural white noise. Marilynne and the President Recently Marilynne Robinson found herself interviewed by President […]
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