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liberalpastor in burnsville: Saving the Jefferson Bible
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Thoughts on religion, politics, science, and life, from the perspective of a liberal Christian. Monday, March 21, 2011. Saving the Jefferson Bible. In my message yesterday I was talking about how I have come to understand the stories of Jesus the healer and exorcist. I mentioned that there was a time when I practiced the Thomas Jefferson method of reading the Bible. I cut out - figuratively - all the stories I didn't like. I just ignored them. In the Star Tribune. On one table in the basement workshop, J...
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liberalpastor in burnsville: February 2011
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Thoughts on religion, politics, science, and life, from the perspective of a liberal Christian. Wednesday, February 09, 2011. Can Gays Raise Children? I thought I would share this clip. Links to this post. I am currently reading Christopher Tyerman's Gods' War. An account of the crusades and find myself wondering whatever happened to these holy relics:. As a cardinal in Rome after 1079, Urban (Pope of the first crusade). I wonder if they are still housed somewhere at the Vatican. Links to this post.
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liberalpastor in burnsville: Gay Marriage Support Crosses Threshold
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Thoughts on religion, politics, science, and life, from the perspective of a liberal Christian. Friday, March 18, 2011. Gay Marriage Support Crosses Threshold. Looking around for good news on this Friday I see these results from a new ABC News/Washington Post poll. More than half of Americans say it should be legal for gays and lesbians to marry, a first in nearly a decade of polls by ABC News and The Washington Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe in a reader. Church of the Brethren.
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liberalpastor in burnsville: October 2010
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Thoughts on religion, politics, science, and life, from the perspective of a liberal Christian. Thursday, October 21, 2010. Religion in American Life. I haven't yet read American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us. By Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell, but Peter Steinfels summarizes some of its key points in the recent American Prospect. The evangelical wave has been ebbing for some time now and it is being replaced by the "nones":. Links to this post. Tuesday, October 19, 2010. Don't Ask, Do...
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liberalpastor in burnsville: August 2010
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Thoughts on religion, politics, science, and life, from the perspective of a liberal Christian. Wednesday, August 04, 2010. The Beginning of the End. After the ruling that "far Left" was "using liberal courts to obtain a political goal they cannot obtain at the ballot box." What liberal court would that be? Links to this post. Tuesday, August 03, 2010. Claire Berlinski has a thoughtful post. One woman here told me of her humiliation in childhood when her family was ejected from a swimming pool because he...
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liberalpastor in burnsville: The Anabaptist Catholic Witness
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Thoughts on religion, politics, science, and life, from the perspective of a liberal Christian. Friday, March 25, 2011. The Anabaptist Catholic Witness. Over the National Catholic Reporter Michael Sean Winters was musing. About recent polling data that shows Catholics - even those who attend Mass at least weekly and who tend to be more conservative on social issues - warming to the idea of recognition for civil marriage for gays. What should be the response of the Church:. Subscribe in a reader.
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liberalpastor in burnsville: It's Off to War We Go
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Thoughts on religion, politics, science, and life, from the perspective of a liberal Christian. Friday, March 18, 2011. It's Off to War We Go. مؤسسة سحر اللمسات للمقاولات والديكور. افضل شركة دهانات بالرياض. افضل شركة ديكورات بالرياض. ورق حائط وورق جدران بالرياض. صيانة جميع أعمال الفلل والمشاريع بالرياض. جبس بورد وأعمال جبسية بالرياض. تنسيق حدائق ومهندس حدائق بالرياض. ترميم جميع المباني بالرياض. أعمال حجر طبيعي بالرياض. شركه مقاولات ومقاول بالرياض. شركة كسر رخام بالرياض. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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liberalpastor in burnsville: The Followers of Gandhi and Jesus
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Thoughts on religion, politics, science, and life, from the perspective of a liberal Christian. Friday, March 25, 2011. The Followers of Gandhi and Jesus. Geoffrey Ward begins his review. Of a new book on Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India. By Joseph Lelyveld, with this telling observation:. A sweeper woman stopped by for an hour a day, the functionary explained, but afterward things inevitably became filthy again. Reminds me a lot of the followers of Jesus. Hero worship is pathetic.
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liberalpastor in burnsville: It's Snowing Again
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Thoughts on religion, politics, science, and life, from the perspective of a liberal Christian. Wednesday, March 23, 2011. These goldfinches are as happy about it as I am. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). In 1993 I moved with my family to Burnsville, MN to start a church. As a religious and political progressive it was an opportunity for me to create a spiritual community that reflected the values that are most important to me. Subscribe in a reader. Church of the Brethren. Blog Posts I Am Reading.
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