Musings on Faith, Culture and ADHD
One of the things that I have learned since my diagnosis of Aspergers is my willingness to be more forgiving of people's mistakes. I'm not always good at that, but I try. I try because all I have to do is look at my own life and realize that I will make a ton of... Continue Reading →
The following is a lectionary reflection for August 4 on Luke 12:31-21. Click the link below to read the reflection. Come Sunday: The Ant and the Grasshopper-Remixed (August 4, 2013).
The latest meme going around at the moment is a Pew Research survey on religion. What has caught people's attention is how the share of religious conservatives falls with each new generation while religious progressives seem to be rising with each new generation. Of course, progressive Christians have latched on to this story. There is... Continue Reading →
I actually wrote this over a month ago as the NSA scandal started to break, posting it at Big Tent Revue, my political blog. An article by Baptist blogger Ed Setzer had me thinking about this again, so I decided to post it here with some additions. There’s a part of me that’s hesitant to... Continue Reading →
Ever since the verdict from the George Zimmerman case was made known, I've been wondering what I wanted to write about this event. I happened to be down the road from Sanford, Florida in Orlando for the 2013 General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). It was interesting that in the same convention... Continue Reading →
Over and over again, I heard one phrase being used on my side of the same-sex marriage debate: "the right side of history." Yes, most of us who believe in marriage equality do think this is the right thing to do. We liken this current debate in the backdrop of the civil rights movement and... Continue Reading →
from 2012. Rod Dreher who has a son who is also autistic, wrote a post called the "Gift of Autism," and he said he wrote that title with some trepidation. As someone who is autistic, I can understand that. I know the common thing among those of us who are autistic is to talk about... Continue Reading →
A few years ago, I was invited by a Lutheran friend of mine to take part in a group of church planters. I knew these folk came from an evangelical background and my "shields" went up. Would these people accept me? Did I have to go into the closet here? After a while, the woman... Continue Reading →
I personally believe that twenty years from now most churches will welcome gay and lesbian families, will call gay and lesbian people to live lives of faithfulness and sacrificial love in their relationship just as they call heterosexual couples to do, and that they will see the passages on same-sex attraction as reflecting cultural... Continue Reading →
I sure loves me some Maria Dixon. Dixon is a Methodist minister and decided to share he thoughts about the whole Paula Deen affair and decided to take Progressive Christians to task for their selective grace: When it comes to discussing race, progressives have little tolerance for intolerance–past or present. We throw labels around as... Continue Reading →
The Clockwork Pastor 