Musings on Faith, Culture and ADHD
Christ of the Polls by Stushie.There was a time in my life when I really loved talking about politics. I come from a family where my mother talked about politics constantly and still does. But these days, I don't enjoy politics as much as I used to. I still enjoy and I still blog about... Continue Reading →
David Brooks has an instructive piece up on how American politics has given way too much meaning to certain issues so as to rob them of any practicality. He uses a lesson which is taking shape as we speak: the building of One World Trade Center in shadow of its predecessors: Ground zero in Lower... Continue Reading →
From June of this year. I've been noticing lately within Mainline Protestant circles, the rising use of the word "progressive" as a way to describe Christians who might have once used the term "mainline Protestant." The biggest change to note is over at the religion megasite Patheos, which changed the name of one of their... Continue Reading →
The following post is from January of this year. I've been wanting to write more on this topic and hope to do so in the near future. For now, there's this essay. A few years ago, a dear friend of mine described me as an evangelical turned liberal Protestant. I remember blanching at that definition. ... Continue Reading →
From Professor John Stackhouse: Evangelical Christians have been complaining about not being included in various commemorations of 9/11, whether in New York City, Washington, D.C., or even here in Canada. But we shouldn’t be... ...Prayer in public secular events is like holding up a photograph of your mother and saying, “I’ve got Mom on speakerphone... Continue Reading →
Several years ago, I was at a local GOP convention through my work with Log Cabin Republicans. As I was going about meeting folks, I realized that a gentleman from a church I used to belong to was a delegate to the convention. It was nice to see him, but it was also interesting since... Continue Reading →
The following piece is something I wrote for the political website FrumForum as a response to another author concerning the passage of same sex marriage in New York State. On September 15, 2007, I got married. It was a pretty normal, run-of-the-mill event — as weddings are. It was held in a small, picturesque Episcopal... Continue Reading →
I've been noticing lately within Mainline Protestant circles, the rising use of the word "progressive" as a way to describe Christians who might have once used the term "mainline Protestant." The biggest change to note is over at the religion megasite Patheos, which changed the name of one of their religion portals. What was once... Continue Reading →
The Clockwork Pastor 