The Power of Solitude
I just finished reading a musing on the necessity of disconnecting ourselves from the social network in order to reconnect with our inmost selves. I found myself resonating with nearly every word...
View ArticleThe Sounds of Silence
The words to a Simon and Garfunkle song from my youth have been reverberating in my brain all week as I continue to agonize over the heartbreaking news in community where I live and serve. Remember...
View ArticleAsk the Thoughtful Pastor: When Will They Pray? Good Friday Meditations
Dear Thoughtful Pastor: I have visited a number of churches in the last few years. Often I wonder during the services, “When are they going to pray?” Every year on Good Friday, my mom made us sit still...
View ArticleSILENCE: a must-see profoundly Christ-centered film
It all goes wrong for two idealistic young Portuguese priests in Martin Scorsese’s brilliant work, SILENCE. For silence is what they get from God, despite all their earnest prayers and pleadings for...
View ArticleSilence: a movie for those tired of lies about God
Silence stops in its tracks the lies that good humans won’t suffer. It strips away any surety that our right actions and beliefs will bring the results we want. I spent my formative Christian years in...
View ArticleHelp! “I’m blessed” vs “Why me?” A product of awful theology
Even worse, this theology of God’s absolute sovereignty and control leads to the elevation of those who, for example, may have acquired great wealth. Surely they could have only done that because God...
View ArticleUnanswered prayer, lies and more lies
I left Evangelicalism mostly because of lies about how God answers prayer and keeps all faithful Christians safe. Those lies clear God of all responsibility for human horrors but still insist He...
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