Musings on Faith, Culture and ADHD
With Trinity Sunday coming up, I decided to share a sermon I gave on Trinity Sunday 2009. “Come to the Table”Isaiah 6:1-8, John 3:1-17June 7, 2009Trinity SundayFirst Christian ChurchMinneapolis, MNA few months ago, my partner Daniel and I were invited to have high tea. A friend of mine this in an auction and she invited... Continue Reading →
One of the things that is not so obvious to persons with aspergers is the fact that work is a place where social bonds are formed. To someone with aspergers, work is, well, it's work. Most of us don't see work as a place where we make friends. If that happens, great, but we aren't... Continue Reading →
I will let you in on a little secret. This is actually the second version of the sermon I preached on Pentecost. I had written one sermon and it just didn't work for the situation. So, with about 40 minutes to spare before the service, I made some major edits. So, here is the second... Continue Reading →
Fellow Disciples pastor Steve Knight shared a good post yesterday on the need for more missional communities, which is a fancy way of saying we need more new churches. Why? Beside that whole Great Commission thing, it's also because at least in mainline churches, we are growing smaller and smaller. Here's a graph that Steve... Continue Reading →
This fall, Minnesotans will go to the polls to vote on two constitutional amendments. The first one would ban same-sex marriage and the second one would require photo ids before a person could vote.Now I have my own opinions on the amendments and I'm not shy about sharing them (I'm strongly against the first and... Continue Reading →
This fall, Minnesotans will go to the polls to vote on two constitutional amendments. The first one would ban same-sex marriage and the second one would require photo ids before a person could vote. Now I have my own opinions on the amendments and I'm not shy about sharing them (I'm strongly against the first... Continue Reading →
I’ve always struggled a lot over what might seem very basic things. I always have but for most of my life I didn’t get it – I didn’t understand that it could just be part of the way my brain works and that I can’t force myself to be different. I think that’s what I... Continue Reading →
When I was coming to terms with being gay, one of the obstacles that I had to deal with is the role of Scripture in my life and how it squared or didn't square with my sexuality. I remember reading the book Is the Homosexual My Neighbor? and being shown the story in Acts 10... Continue Reading →
I originally posted this on my political blog, Big Tent Revue in 2011. On September 15, 2007, I got married. It was a pretty normal, run-of-the-mill event as weddings go. I was held in a small picturesque Episcopal Church just outside of Minneapolis. The sanctuary was decorated with flowers. The families of both parties were... Continue Reading →
Folks my age and younger have been remembering famed children's author Maurice Sendak, who died earlier this week. Everyone is familiar with Where the Wild Things Are, but I wanted to remember Sendak with another story, Pierre, the boy who didn't care. I don't remember reading the story, but I do remember the 1975 TV... Continue Reading →
