Monthly Archives: June 2019

BLOG 6.28.19. THE CHURCH: ILLUSION, DISILLUSION, THEN REALITY      A lurking question about the church has to do with what standards do we use to evaluate a church, or to discern our likes and dislikes of a particular expression of the … Continue reading →

BLOG. 6.25.19. QUESTION: “WHAT IS YOUR APOSTOLATE?” Did anyone ever ask you that question? Being a good Protestant kid, I never had heard it until I got immersed with Roman Catholic persons, especially in a couple of weeks in the … Continue reading →

BLOG 6.21.19. “THY KINGDOM COME” IS RADICAL STUFF For these coming weeks, we are going to be deluged with political rhetoric, often confusing and difficult to evaluate. One thing is for certain and that for the people of God’s new … Continue reading →

BLOG 6.18.19. “BY THIS TIME YOU OUGHT TO BE TEACHERS …” Question: How long do you have to ‘hang out’ in the church community, being taught, … before you are responsible to teach others? How does one become mature and … Continue reading →

BLOG 6.13.19. THE GLORY OF GOD IN CARGO SHORTS? Pastor-scholar Gregory Boyd defines the glory of God as: “the radiant display of the divine nature.” So, if that is the case, then where would one expect to encounter that ‘radiant … Continue reading →

BLOG 6.11.19. THE CHURCH’S CONTEXT IS ALWAYS CHANGING Remembering the church “in the good old days” or fantasizing about the church as we would like it to be in our ideal, … is not at all realistic, mainly because the … Continue reading →

BLOG 6.6.19. THE MINISTRY OF ‘LAICIZING’ THE CLERGY The role of the clergy is rather malleable, depending whom you talk to. Early in the church’s history, the church sacralized its leadership into a priesthood, which somewhat contradicted the apostolic teachings … Continue reading →

BLOG 5.3.19. “IF THE SALT HAS LOST ITS TASTE … NO GOOD FOR ANYTHING” I have just been reading the Southern Poverty Law Center’s sobering account of the incidents of racism and prejudice against immigrants in its report Combating Nativism: … Continue reading →