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January 2017

January 09, 2017

The Confessions of a Pastor

Over my time in Ordained Ministry I’ve had some amazing highs, and some dramatic lows....

January 08, 2017

As a Sissy, I’m Not Excited About Trump’s America

Because, and this is just my point of view, neither Trump, or the Republicans, have...

December 2016

December 31, 2016

The Difference Between a Bar, and a Church

One day, while speaking to a gathering of people, The Naked Jesus was confronted by...

December 29, 2016

Doctrine Is A Detractor From The Divine

Doctrine can never be expressed in terms of love, grace, acceptance, forgiveness, or care –...

December 19, 2016

Paralized by Fear

It’s when we learn that forgiveness starts with us we find the point of our...

December 10, 2016

When Faith was Institutionalized

When faith is institutionalized, it is easy to cut out the things that run counter...

December 09, 2016

Keeping Christ in Christianity

So, you want to keep Christ in Christmas? Well, here's what you do – feed...

November 2016

November 17, 2016

It’s Not To Be A Better Christian, It’s To Be A Better Human

For Jesus, to be a follower, means you change – you grow – you give...

November 15, 2016

So, You Want To See Change?

When we reach out beyond our limited understanding of the world around us, we’re able...

November 03, 2016

Be The Goodness

As I look around my world, I see the evil that surrounds us. I...

October 2016

October 17, 2016

Show Me Your Story

You see, I don't see tattoos as just meaningless marks, I see each tattoo as...

October 11, 2016

Happy Birthday

I pray for the time in our world, our cultures, our religions, were assumptions are...

October 06, 2016

A Very Poor Light To Walk By

Fear paralyzes, fear negates love, forgiveness, and acceptance; fear stops us dead in our tracks...

October 06, 2016

Could Not Come Up With A Title

Ever wonder how Calvinist, Reformed, or Neo-Reformed Theology has screwed up the teachings of Christ?...

September 2016

September 16, 2016

The Bad Idea of Appeasing an Angry God

To me, what grows from this theory is a judgmental, wrathful, mean-spirited God, which causes...

September 08, 2016

We Should all Share our Stories, and be Vulnerable in the Process

What confused me the most is that in all the dialogs surrounding the non-importance of...

September 07, 2016

My Thoughts on the Death of Phyllis Schlafly.

When I was young, my grandmother...

August 2016

August 30, 2016

Knowing the Divine’s Narrative of Hope

As I look back at the writings of our ancestors I’m drawn to how the...

August 27, 2016

Random is Connection, and in turn, Connection is Random: What Does That Say For Evangelical Theology?

In the realm of the nothing we were doing, we did, or at least I...

August 18, 2016

No One is Called to Sit on Their Ass and Do Nothing

Let’s be honest here, no one is called to sit on their ass and do...

August 17, 2016

Why We Shouldn’t Judge Others

Why is it so many spend so much time pointing out the sins of others,...

August 02, 2016

It’s Not What, It’s Why

In a world where we seek to get our way, we focus on the what,...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

Religious Tolerance Means; Don’t Be An Ass

Have you ever wanted to be called a complete and total heretic by a Conservative...

July 12, 2016

Black Lives Do Matter

Seems silly to say, but Black lives do matter. Unlike many, when I hear the...

July 07, 2016

In Most Cases, Church Screws Things Up

Over the past century we have confused this amazing Collective Narrative – or grace, of...

June 2016

June 22, 2016

feeling Into Others

When we live in the Divine, we should reach out to ‘feeling into’ the lives...

June 13, 2016

It’s Not Just a ‘Heart Problem’

Call it whatever you desire, a terrorist act, a hate crime – whatever. Just don’t...

June 12, 2016

It is harder to….

Too many of us take the easy road, when we should be taking the harder...

June 02, 2016

We Are Connected

I'm a firm believer that life is too short to not understand how we're all...

May 2016

May 26, 2016

Pro-Life, What Does That Mean?

I’m certain this posting will piss a few people off, but I’ve decided long ago...