blip : Beyond Lost Intellectual Ponderings :

I switched on the radio on my way to pick up my wife from work yesterday. And I half-listened to a report of a community in Nevada protesting a possible test conducted by the The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (funded by the US Department of Defense). It was a good story—quite interesting and informative. But [...]

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It’s certainly no secret that church splits in the Protestant world occur frequently and often; usually with more heat than light. I was struck last night, though, while listening to a small group discuss a possible merging of our church and another, that mergers can create just as much heat. Whether it’s fission [...]

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I had a couple of other prayers in mind for today, but then I came across this one this morning and it seemed especially fitting for today, Martin Luther King Jr. day. I’ve thought about racism from the perspective of Ephesians 2:14-16Ephesians 2:14-16English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEV14 Christ has made peace between Jews and [...]

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Title: On Jesus’ tab
Date: Jan. 14, 2007
Texts: Isaiah 62:1-5Isaiah 62:1-5English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEVJerusalem Will Be Saved

1 Jerusalem, I will speak up

2 Your great victory will be [...]

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I’m writing ‘sermon starters’ for the Lent 2008 issue of Leader Magazine. And as I read Genesis 12:1-4Genesis 12:1-4English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEV12 The Lord Chooses Abram

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Ask me not where I live
or what I like to eat….
Ask me what I am living for
and what do I think is keeping me
from living fully for that
—Thomas Merton
I came across that quote toward the beginning of last year and I think I may make it a tradition to reflect upon it at the beginning [...]

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