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December 2009

December 31, 2009

A Happy New Year’s Thanks!

I want to thank you all for involving yourselves with nakedpastor this past year. I...

December 30, 2009

10 Challenges of Religious Communities

I speak from a Christian perspective here as it relates to the church. But these...

December 29, 2009

cartoon: the new math

December 23, 2009

Job Is the Man!

Job is the man! It took you one word for him to ask the question...

December 18, 2009

An Apology to My Accusers

I'm accused of inconsistency. I am not trying to be consistent. I'm trying to be...

December 16, 2009

z-theory #17: A Devise and God

I want to share with you something I've read about a certain devise. I have...

December 15, 2009

z-theory #16: self-emptying and incarnation

I want to preface this post by saying that if this means nothing to you,...

December 09, 2009

A List of Questions for Unity and Dialog

Here are some serious questions I should consider if I am interested in living in...

December 03, 2009

This Indeed I Must Do

Why, when I love more, am I loved less? Why, traveling deeper into the frontier,...

December 03, 2009

cartoon: preacher’s kid chronicles #1

November 2009

November 25, 2009

Z-Theory #15: The Bible part 2

This is a continuation of yesterday's post on the bible. For me, the bible used...

November 24, 2009

Z-Theory #14: the bible

One of the things I've struggled with ever since I was a young man was...

November 20, 2009

The Crucible of Change

If someone asked me, "If there was just one book you would recommend on the...

November 19, 2009

String and Connections

It is hard when you hear people have left your church. When one does, sometimes...

November 18, 2009

The Omnivore’s Dilemma and Spirituality

I'm reading Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. I...

November 17, 2009

Standing on Guard… Always!

One's resistance against the principalities and powers must be diligent! I disappointed myself and, I...

November 16, 2009

Safety for Stages of Faith?

Something I'm finding frustrating about the church right now is that it doesn't allow for...

November 13, 2009

Freedom vs Commitment

I had a meeting with one of our elders this morning over coffee. We were...

November 12, 2009

There Once Was a Man

There once was a man who, like his brothers and sisters, obeyed and worshiped, attended...

November 10, 2009

Why the Fruitbowl is Empty

This morning's cartoon, The Fruitbowl's Empty, intends to say that belief does not produce fruit....

November 09, 2009

Journal Entry: harmony

Here's my journal entry from today: So many people, including my wife and daughter, say...

November 06, 2009

The Cost of Freedom

To read the previous installment of this story, go here. That post will have a...

November 05, 2009

From Love to Adoration

To read the previous entry to this story, go here. After I had the "It's...

November 04, 2009

Scrambled Thoughts

A few scrambled thoughts are floating around in my mind. So, in an attempt to...

November 03, 2009

Free From the Powers

In 1995, when I was still a Presbyterian minister in Nova Scotia, Canada, I realized...

November 02, 2009

Self-Deconstruction

I suppose I should correct #1 from my list of How to Deconstruct Your Church....

October 2009

October 31, 2009

Stripped Bare

Many people are tired of doing church in the same old way (point A). Some...

October 30, 2009

How To Deconstruct Your Church

I frequently get emails from pastors wondering how they can get their church from running...

October 29, 2009

cartoon t-shirt idea: hard candy

I know fundamentalists. This tee is a testimony to some I know who are willing...

October 26, 2009

10 Randoms

More people have left the church and I'm sad about it. I took another pay...