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2016-07-27T13:14:16-06:00

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The Beauty of Life (part 2)

Last updated on: July 27, 2016 at 1:14 pm By C. Don Jones

Arthur Conan Doyle once stated that the colorful bloom of a flower is simply an extra. The color was beautiful and had no functional reason for being colorful. Botanists argue that the color of the flower attracts specific pollinators which are in turn looking for specific nectar. The argument only minimizes Doyle’s point. Large-brained upright hominids enjoy the bright colors and sweet smells of flowers. What the scientists sees as a biological by product is a source of pleasure to... Read more

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2016-07-19T13:38:41-06:00

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The Beauty of Life (part 1)

Last updated on: July 19, 2016 at 1:38 pm By C. Don Jones

Vacation time is supposed to be a time for recreation and renewal with relaxation. I spent mine contemplating the assertions of Leonardo Boff in his Toward and Eco-Spirituality and Joel Salatin’s The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs. No, I am not obsessed with work. I am obsessed with life. Since theology is a discipline of made-up words, Thomas Berry called himself a “geologian.” I could be called a “biologian.” But I must say I don’t like the term. To me life... Read more

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2016-06-15T15:43:52-06:00

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PLANNING OUR EXITS

Last updated on: June 15, 2016 at 3:43 pm By C. Don Jones

Conflict avoidance has become so much a part of our lifestyle that even devout believers conclude to depart as a protest rather than to meet an issue head-on. Planning one’s own exit is merely an act of cowardice. Discretion is not the better part of valor if conflict avoidance is the rule when conflict resolution is what is called for in the battles we face. And yet, how many times do we hear the words in church gatherings “if…then I... Read more

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2015-11-09T16:40:03-06:00

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The Promise of Orthodoxy

Last updated on: November 9, 2015 at 4:40 pm By C. Don Jones

There is a difference between orthodox christian doctrine – the basic doctrine of Catholic, Anglican, Protestant, and eastern Orthodox churches – and christian fundamentalism. On the surface the more conservative voices of the orthodox position appear the same as the fundamentalists. Yet, the difference is a watershed difference. It is a difference of where the teachings lead and how Christians are to engage the greater culture surrounding them. As modern evangelicalism becomes more confused, we see traditional doctrines breaking down... Read more

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2015-05-04T18:06:08-06:00

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EVERYONE PLAYS

Last updated on: May 4, 2015 at 6:06 pm By C. Don Jones

Play time is one of the divine gifts we ignore. We pray thanking God for food, work, rest, family, and friends. Yet, somehow we neglect the time that is associated with play. Being truly puritanical in our heritage, we American Christians find it easy to be thankful for work. No problem there. We even call “yard” work recreation. One day while walking along a river my wife and I noticed a wild goose floating in some small rapids. He was... Read more

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2015-04-28T17:46:28-06:00

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BANDAGES FOR THE WORLD!

Last updated on: April 28, 2015 at 5:46 pm By C. Don Jones

There is no justice in declaring peace when there is neither peace nor justice. We find ourselves being passive when evil is not confronted for the sake of getting along. A few weeks ago I attended a continuing education event where people of the type I like to call “proudly ignorant” continued to interrupt the speaker. These people gave all appearance of attempting to correct the speaker who actually had some expertise on the subject. Yet, their own bigotry did... Read more

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2015-04-21T17:07:49-06:00

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WORSHIP FOR ETERNITY

Last updated on: April 21, 2015 at 5:07 pm By C. Don Jones

What sort of worship is the most meaningful to people? The answer may surprise you. It is not traditional or contemporary. It is neither liturgical or free-styled. It is a funeral. I realized this truth while conducting a United Methodist Beginning Lay Speaker class. Since it was the beginning course there were a lot of aspects of lay speaking possibilities upon which we touched – including leading worship. I asked the class – regular attenders at church services – to... Read more

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2015-04-13T16:10:43-06:00

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WHY I LOVE MINISTRY

Last updated on: April 13, 2015 at 4:10 pm By C. Don Jones

I love the ministry because of the very interesting people I have known. My call to serve God was not enough. It was one of those church members who was what we might call a “pillar of the church” told me I needed to learn to love people. At first I did not connect with what he said. How could I not love people? I am a true humanist. I love what human beings accomplish. I like machinery that works... Read more

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2015-04-10T13:16:09-06:00

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We are going weekly

Last updated on: April 10, 2015 at 1:16 pm By C. Don Jones

Glorious Life will begin next week to have weekly installments. Look for my next one titled “Why I Love Ministry.” Read more

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2015-03-03T15:49:15-06:00

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BOGUS INTERPRETATION

Last updated on: March 3, 2015 at 3:49 pm By C. Don Jones

Let’s face it. There are many people who believe they can make a more “relevant” or even “revolutionary” interpretation of the Bible. Some people have made big money at reinterpreting “The Revelation of St. John” along with other scriptures and made systems of unbiblical ideology from it. Other people cannot get their minds around the fact that St. Paul opposed homosexuality and lumped pederasty with it. A few people out there are attempting to interpret the natural world with one... Read more

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