Worship From Home: February 7, 2021

Here is the video and the sermon podcast for the February 7 worship service from First Christian St. Paul.

February 9, 2021 0

Worship From Home: January 31, 2021

Here is the video and the sermon podcast for the January 31 worship service from First Christian St. Paul.

January 31, 2021 0

The Faith Experience

When Prince died on April 21, I wrote a post on another blog about how Prince made it easier for black kids like me to be gay. Growing up with the machismo that was such a part of the culture I grew up in during the 70s and 80s, Prince was a godsend. Speaking of... Continue Reading →

May 2, 2016 0

Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner, Yada Yada Yada

"Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner." This is one of those cliches that Christians tend to use (or at least I've heard people use them, I don't remember hearing someone say it) and one Christian in particular doesn't like it. Here's what Christian Piatt (a fellow Disciples of Christ pastor) has to say about this:... Continue Reading →

August 15, 2012 8

Hyperballad

I've always been a Bjork fan and one of my favorites has been the song, Hyperballad, which came out in 1995-96. I remember hearing it when I first moved to Minnesota in the winter of '96 and it seemed like a song of hope in a kinda lonely period in my life.