Category: culture
Freedom to be Freer than Religion
Spiritual Entrepreneurs
So much has changed about how we should do business. All is far from lost, but we are going to need to adapt…
Temple Remodel: Assessing the Neighborhood
The Temple doesn’t work the way it used to. That is really sad. But we have remodeled before…
5 Clergy Walk Into a Bar Part 2
a conversation continues with new friends around table…they all happen to be pastors…
The Laws that Define Us
Sabbath ain’t just a suggestion. And what would we be like if we followed the law?
With a Little Help from Friends: “Plurality, Play, and Authenticity in the Most Influential Album Ever”
That’s a long title for some fun romping around on a 50th Anniversary SIDE A: The concept, and what the Trinity has to do with it: SIDE B: The personalities, and what we might have to do with it: SIDE C: finishing up with the The Best Song From the Most Influential Album of All Time by the Best Band of All time:
Religious Freedom on Our National Day of Prayer
Our President in today’s Executive Order is trying to make it easier for churches and pastors to publicly support one candidate over another and push their congregants to do so, without fear of losing their tax-exempt status. This is probably a bad idea. It makes coercion and turning religion into merely a subset of political parties too easy, and it’s pretty easy already. Many say Evangelical Christianity has already sold its soul and become a mere subset of the GOP. I find it hard to argue otherwise. I speak as…
Snowshoeing with Schleiermacher
a bit of a revelation at 8000 feet on a snowy April morning…
Mothering the Faithful pt 1
Fall of Saigon and my mum. Mothering past the resistance.