A pre-kindergarten teacher recently attempted to explain to a child in her class that unicorns are not real. The teacher told her that it was because God didn’t create unicorns and that they were just pretend. First of all, it is…
John the Baptist and the Dark Night of the Soul
A reflection on the Gospel Reading for the Third Sunday in Advent And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples and said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, or do…
Avoiding the Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees
Then Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees. …Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.…
Forgotten Heroes
How many great American heroes can you name? The list is probably endless. We have required classes in school to learn about American heroes. It’s a subject called History. We even have heroes that are given special days of commemoration,…
Little Words and Big Words
Some very big concepts can be summarized in some very small words. “Great is the mystery of faith: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.” After all, Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells…
Why I’m Giving Up My American Citizenship
Originally published July 2010. This might have been a better post for the Fourth of July, but most readers were probably out watching the fireworks and wouldn’t have seen it. So perhaps it is better to write it and post…
Reflections on 1 Corinthians 15
I love to preach at the local senior assisted living facility. Members of the local ministerial alliance sign up on a rota and I try to get my name down for about once a month. This year during the Easter…
Bad Scholarship, Bad Behaviour and the Call to Something Better
Originally published June 2010. Tonight I was looking for some books as presents. A couple of volumes that had been recently featured or recommended by Glenn Beck were suggested to me as appropriate for the intended recipient. I searched for…
Challenging Assumptions
Originally published April 2011. I was recently removed from a Facebook discussion after I challenged a cherished axiom of social/political/theological juncture. (And no, it wasn’t about immigration.) I have also noticed that when I blog about anything that hints at…