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Faith Reflections in Century 21: March 2015
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Faith Reflections in Century 21. Saturday, March 28, 2015. Wondering About Greed - 2. I did, and justified it by realizing I could be a better pastor if I could dependably get to people who wanted or needed a pastor, day or night. Was I being greedy? Why would a person need a new or newer car? Isn't that just greed and pride talking? When a neighbor gave me a set of dishes for feeding four people, I accepted them and entertained others. Was I greedy to have more than one place setting? Greed rears its ug...
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Thinking With Al: November 2014
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Thinking about thinking. Thinking about issues. Thinking about possibilities. Thinking about what others are thinking. Friday, November 28, 2014. More on Getting Buy In. Think with me for a moment about business practices and labor practices. Implied, and even stated, are certain contractual exzpectations. A business will not cheat, will not lie, and will deliver what it promises on time and for the price set. A laborer or labor union will do the job competently, on time, and for the wages agreed to.
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Thinking With Al: A Book or Two Worth Your Time - 2
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Thinking about thinking. Thinking about issues. Thinking about possibilities. Thinking about what others are thinking. Friday, February 27, 2015. A Book or Two Worth Your Time - 2. Jonas Jonasson grabbed me with the book "The 100-year Old Man Who Climbed Out A Window and Disappeared." Never slow, never fast, but alway with an undercurrent of gut-busting humor, Jonasson wrote a story and both captivates and demands putting it down. Why put it down? What do you think? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Thinking With Al: October 2014
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Thinking about thinking. Thinking about issues. Thinking about possibilities. Thinking about what others are thinking. Monday, October 27, 2014. The New Dark Ages. Are we entering, or have we entered, the New Dark Ages? What might happen if our first. Response to tough issues was, "How can we work this out? Oh, that sounds like a liberal thought. How unpatriotic, or unChristian, or anti-Muslim or whatever! Think with me on this topic, and think about these questions for yourself. Links to this post.
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Thinking With Al: December 2014
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Thinking about thinking. Thinking about issues. Thinking about possibilities. Thinking about what others are thinking. Sunday, December 21, 2014. Still More on Getting Buy In. How do adults who have bought into the "social contract" that keeps our world going in a relatively peaceful, productive way, engage people in their teens and help them "buy in" to, and agree to, the social contract? Many teenagers don't think their world is. What do you think? Leave your comment and let us know. Links to this post.
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Thinking With Al: January 2015
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Thinking about thinking. Thinking about issues. Thinking about possibilities. Thinking about what others are thinking. Saturday, January 17, 2015. I am writing on January 7, 2015. A French satirical magazine has been terrorized by gunmen, twelve are dead, and the news commentators are using the phrase “increased radicalization” about militant Muslims in France. Radical. Stupid. Hate-filled. And we ask, "Why doesn't God strike these people dead? What do you think? Leave a comment and let us know. Al Lusti...
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Thinking With Al: Meant to Be
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Thinking about thinking. Thinking about issues. Thinking about possibilities. Thinking about what others are thinking. Monday, February 23, 2015. I hear and read the phrase, "meant to be". f or instance:. 8220;Our love was meant to be.". 8220;God spared me from the disaster in which 82 other people died. It was meant to be. I have something yet to do in this world.". 8220;She was meant to be a Christian from before the beginning of time. She’s so perfect at it! What do you think? A Book or Two Worth Your...
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Faith Reflections in Century 21: March 2014
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Faith Reflections in Century 21. Tuesday, March 18, 2014. I wrote this for our church's Lenten Devotional:. You stand very still, the knife just breaking the skin of your throat. “You heard the question. Answer me. Who do. You say that Jesus is? Your life depends on what answer you give.". I was 14 years old, standing at a bus stop in Tacoma when a wild man (no knife! Backed me up against a brick wall and ranted that question at me. Scary. My bus came, and I got away from him. Today or tomorrow,. The tit...
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Faith Reflections in Century 21: February 2015
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Faith Reflections in Century 21. Monday, February 23, 2015. What if Jesus of Nazareth was not only resurrected from the dead in about AD 30, but stayed on the planet? What if there was no Ascension into heaven? Would he have been lauded as a son of god or treated as a freak? Would he have been killed again? Would he have been resented as human after human died, and he lived on? How would he have guided the church, if he did? Would he continue to heal a few people when he had time and the inclination?
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Faith Reflections in Century 21: June 2015
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Faith Reflections in Century 21. Saturday, June 6, 2015. Thinking About Things I Regret. I was thinking about the gal in Ellensburg who attended our church and wanted to meet with meet in the college counseling center. When I got there Don Wise was there as well. She angrily asked me if there was a verse in the Bible that said the homosexual behavior was wrong. I tried to explain certain accepted rules for interpretation. She would have none of it. Is there such a verse? I regret my silliness, in that I ...
