Don’t you love the word “modern”? If you see it on a sign for a motel, it means dated. Fifties or sixties maybe, but not current. It was the last of the descriptors of the Era of Enlightenment that denoted a period of stability. We did things a certain way. “Modern” was short-lived, because it was […]
I’m not an atheist. I’m not even a good agnostic. I guess that makes me a believer. I’m not religious. I don’t attend a church. I did. In fact, I pastored churches for over three decades. I tried to make them non-religious. It was like trying to make Congress not political. The nature of institutions […]
If I’m an atheist, I make it clear that I don’t believe in the existence of God. If I’m an agnostic, I make it clear that I don’t know what I believe about God’s existence. If I’m a follower of any religion, I make it clear what I believe about The God or Gods according […]
I wrote the following four years ago while still pastoring. I was still a year away from hearing “pancreatic cancer” pronounced over the love of my life. Retirement wasn’t even in my vocabulary. I thought I could possibly take a wonderful group of people I loved into an untracked era. It was not to be. […]
Now, when I was a kid, I was raised with a 90% mentality. We were pretty good conservative Christians who believed it our duty to support the local church. We gladly put 10% of our income in the offering plate along with several others who interpreted the Bible to say that’s what every good Christian […]
