Monthly Archives: October 2016

BLOG 10/29/16. UN-TRIVIALIZING BAPTISM: “… HE BIDS US COME AND DIE.”

BLOG 10/29/16. UN-TRIVIALIZING BAPTISM: “… HE BIDS US COME AND DIE.” When I went into the hospital recently to have a procedure done on my heart, the hospital staff came into my room and presented me with a: Statement of … Continue reading

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BLOG 10/26/16. “IN HAUNTS OF WRETCHEDNESS AND NEED” … REFUGEES AND TEARS

BLOG 10/26/16. “IN HAUNTS OF WRETCHEDNESS AND NEED” – REFUGEES Periodically, in recent news articles, we have been reading about the deaths of the last of the Jewish survivors of the Nazi holocaust, and of the death camps in World … Continue reading

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1BLOG 10/23/16. ” … IT SMELLS LIKE AN ORC !”

BLOG 10/23/16. “ … IT SMELLS LIKE AN ORC!” Remember The Lord of the Rings trilogy?  A couple of decades ago it was the ‘must’ reading of the avant-garde. It was the classic battle between good and evil played out … Continue reading

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BLOG 10/19/16. WOULDN’T IT BE ‘WILD’ IF … ?

BLOG 10/19/16. FAITH: WOULDN’T IT BE ‘WILD’ IF …? Given all of the mindless religious claims floating around in this confusing political season, I have to ponder: Wouldn’t it be totally ‘wild’ if all the people who profess to be … Continue reading

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BLOG 10/16/16. THE BOOK OF REVELATION: A REALITY CHECK TO US

BLOG 10/16/16. THE BOOK OF REVELATION: A REALITY CHECK TO US. I’ve always been enormously grateful for that final book in the Bible, The Revelation to John, what with all of its enigmatic, confusing often, and apocalyptic figures and metaphors, … Continue reading

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BLOG 10/12/16. CHURCHES CAN BE ‘HACKED’ TOO!

BLOG 10/12/16. CHURCHES CAN BE ‘HACKED’ TOO! Confession: I am a techno-klutz, … definitely not a digital native. Thus it was that last week I ran head-on into the implications of these shortcomings when suddenly I could not access my … Continue reading

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BLOG 10.9/16. CHRISTIANS ARE ALWAYS ALIENS AND EXILES, ESPECIALLY IN POLITICS AND IN THE SECULAR ‘POLIS’

BLOG 10/9/16. CHRISTIANS ARE ALWAYS ALIENS AND EXILES, ESPECIALLY IN POLITICS AND IN THE SECULAR POLIS. For these next several weeks it will be impossible to escape the political scene in these United States, and we probably shouldn’t try. But … Continue reading

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BLOG 10/5/16. A CERTAIN NAIVETE REGARDING EVIL/SATAN

BLOG 10/5/16. A CERTAIN NAIVETE REGARDING EVIL/SATAN In a few weeks many Christian folks will be celebrating Reformation Sunday (which most of the present younger generation never even heard of!). They will robustly sing Martin Luther’s stirring hymn: A Mighty … Continue reading

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BLOG 10/2/16. WIT, HUMOR, LAUGHTER … AND GOD

BLOG 10/2/16. WIT, HUMOR, LAUGHTER … AND GOD? Some years ago, dear friends gave me a framed picture of “The Laughing Jesus” which hangs now over my desk and I have to look at it daily. I love it because … Continue reading

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