Musings on Faith, Culture and ADHD
One of the ironic things about me is that two of my favorite holidays are civil and not religious: Independence Day and Thanksgiving. In the circles that I run in, those two holidays are also the most fraught because of America's ....complex history when it comes to the treatment of African Americans and Native Americans.... Continue Reading →
One of my favorite cartoons growing up was the 1975 television special based on Maurice Sendak's books with songs by Carole King. Really Rosie was the name of the special and the song that I remember the most is "Pierre, the Boy Who Doesn't Care." Pierre is a little boy that seems to go through... Continue Reading →
Galatians 1:13-17; 2:15-21 and Luke 18:9-14 Sixth Sunday of Easter Losing My Religion Sermon Series May 21, 2016 First Christian Church Mahtomedi, MN Click here to listen to the audio. It’s been about two years since our congregation voted to become an Open and Affirming congregation, meaning that we openly welcome Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and... Continue Reading →
How are Christians to act when it comes to public policy? How do we handle differences, deep differences? How do we remain in community? How do we show grace to each other? How do we witness to the wider world a different way of being?
I wrote an article about the demise of Kmart over at my Medium blog. I talk about its heyday and what has happened under Eddie Lampert who seems to be sucking Sears and Kmart dry. Here is a sample: Other news outlets, such as the New York Post report the same thing: Lampert is stripping... Continue Reading →
Luke 24:1-12 Easter Sunday April 16, 2017 First Christian Church Mahtomedi, MN Listen to the sermon. I think people have a hard time accepting Easter. People can get Good Friday. We can get that good people get executed by the State, by religious leaders. We’ve seen social reformers like Martin Luther King and Dietrich... Continue Reading →
Jesus is Lord. Caesar is not. Jesus riding on a donkey might seem foolish, but so was having a prayer service deep inside the old Iron Curtain. In the end, the man on the donkey will bring down the kingdoms of this world.
I'm done trying to please people who won't understand. I'm a dandelion, a person with autism. Either accept this and work with me or don't.
Donald Trump isn't the only one that builds walls to keep out those who are different.
Every so often, someone will visit the church and they will say they are looking for a “Bible-believing” church. The answer would be no.
The Clockwork Pastor 