Last night I brought up a definition of where I think I am with my religions these days. I call it "functional agnosticism." As I posted via Twitter:
i live like god does not exist, but i hope/want the gospel to be true.
This was a little confusing, so let me unpack it here a bit more, [...]
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functional agnosticism: a confession of sorts
boundaries and labels: good luck getting rid of them
Diana Butler Bass has been on Twitter for only a couple of days, and it's already great to follow. Tonight she posted this:
Greg Nyssa on God: "How then would (w)e arrive at the sought-for boundary when (w)e can find no boundary?" Why do some Xians make them?
Good question.
I think the problem in the question is [...]
carney culture and the grotesque
Last night I posted something on Twitter that got a lot of heat.
little ppl, morbidly obese, flamboyant effeminate, fighting: american tv is a carnivale of the grotesque.
With 140 character posts, the full context of what one posts can never be assumed. So, when I post something like this I am not immune to the reality [...]
calling and spiritual death
In 1996 I began a process that I thought would resolve into my vocation for life: minister of word and sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA). I finished the two year preparation process by the book. My presbytery passed me and released me to pursue a call.
But I backed down.
I was in my mid-20's, newly [...]
i am emergence…
Every year, at least once, there seems to be infighting in the emergent church movement with some saying it's dead or dying, it is not what it used to be, it is no longer a revolution, etc. I responded to some of these claims here. Jonathan Brink does an even better job of describing these [...]
