Imagine you are a Christian living in a fictitious Islamic country*. “Arabia” is a democracy, with remarkable freedoms—everyone has equal protection under the law, including you, as a religious minority. But you feel each day how you aren’t equal. You’re an accountant, with an impeccable …
Read MoreFully Human
(Message given at Wayside Friends Church on Feb. 28, 2021) What are you known for? One of the things I’m known for is popping off in the chat of video calls, so feel free to use the chat to hijack everyone’s attention from this message …
Read MoreGod Rest Ye Merry Winner…
…is Joshua Bell and Alison Krauss! Thanks once again for participating this year, and have a very Merry Christmas!
Read MoreGod Rest Ye Merry—Finals
We are down to the finals, and it is #1 vs. #2. Get your votes in by 8 pm PST on Wednesday!
Read MoreGod Rest Ye Merry—Round 3
YOU ALWAYS HATE MY SEEDING BUT HERE WE ARE WITH THE TOP 4 SEEDS LEFT! Here we go! Get your votes in by 5 pm PST on Tuesday!
Read MoreGod Rest Ye Merry—Round 2
Thanks for voting in Round 1! Well…in most cases, thanks for voting in Round 1. We will move through the rest of the rounds with one day for voting each time, now that you are familiar with the songs. Get your votes in by 5 …
Read MoreConstructing Truth—Part 19
Bottom line: I began to see that because I thought the Bible was universal, I was blind to how I brought my cultural blinders and bias into it. I began to realize that the power of the Bible was in its particular, biased perspective. God …
Read MoreGod Rest Ye Merry—Round 1
Thanks to all who submitted! There were more than I could include, so several people who made multiple submissions did not have all their entries chosen for the bracket. But we have quite a widely varying field! One of the earliest versions of one of …
Read MoreConstructing Truth—Part 18
So I have my beliefs (the threads of the web I have long held) and I have the perspectives and experiences of others (the fence posts and branches that keep me connected to this physical and social world). I need to discuss how they each …
Read MoreConstructing Truth—Part 17
I want to take a minute to name some of my particular-ness, some of the bias I carry into this. I have steadily moved over the course of my life from a conservative political view to a progressive one. I think it might be fruitful …
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