Hell in the Parking Lot
Before the Apostle Paul was the Apostle Paul, he was Saul, a Jewish man who fiercely persecuted Christians. But, one day when he was on…
A Sporkful of Contingencies
To read more about the pursuit of high self-esteem, go here.
All or Nothing: Why Jesus Doesn’t Ask You About Your Spiritual Life
In the early 20th century, there was an English philosopher named Alfred Whitehead who said that, “Apart from religion, expressed in ways generally intelligible, populations…
Painful, Fertile Ground
One thing that makes today’s Gospel reading even more interesting is what comes directly before it in Luke’s Gospel. Right on the tails of the…
Dude, Wash Your Face!
I am in the car about 8 hours a week, so I like to have my mind occupied with something other than the weather and…
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction
I came across funny cartoon last week. The first frame was “God as Dog”, with a friendly dog looking out loyally toward the viewer. The…
Everybody Needs the Gospel
At first glance or first listen, our reading from Acts today doesn’t seem like a very profound one, it doesn’t grab your attention for really…
All Things New
1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea…
A Shepherd on Mother’s Day
Today is Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day officially became a holiday in the U.S. in 1914. Anna Jarvis is credited with founding it. Mother’s Day began…
I Once Could See But Now I’m Blind
To read more from the David Brooks book DZ mentions, go here. To read more on the conversion songs he discusses, here. Or the conversion…
Jesus Grills Out
Trivia question. Here’s the clue. “Six months from now on July the 1st at 5pm at the Empire State Building.” From a famous a famous…