Don't know what to make of the news that membership in organized religions is down in all fifty states. That's not quite true.  I've been trying not to let myself make anything of it.  For one thing, I'd just be talking out of my hat.  I don't know enough.  None of the articles I...

In a few days we will celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. I always think of Mary this time of year. Nine months pregnant and traveling by donkey doesn’t sound pleasant to me. Add to that finding nowhere to stay, nowhere to make her nest. And then giving birth in a [...]...

Isaiah 61 1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,because the LORD has anointed meto bring good news to the poor;he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,to proclaim liberty to the captives,and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor, and the...

One of the reasons I don't need any Old Sneeps to tell me that Barack Obama is not the Greatest of the Great New Wonderfuls---besides the fact that I'm a grown-up and I read the newspapers and I gave up waiting for King Arthur's return a long time ago---is that Avedon Carol's and Wev McEwan's blogs ...

Among the things I didn't know whether or not to believe about Sarah Palin was that she might actually believe that human beings and dinosaurs shared space outside of movies with special effects by Ray Harryhausen. Did Katie Couric ask her about this? I always thought most creationists dealt wit...

Can't tell if Atrios is lamenting the continued mixing up of religion with politics that has muddied the national debate for going on thirty years now or if he's grousing about Obama's contribution to the mix.  Either way, although I'd like to believe it would be more productive (possibly) or l...

Twelve year old looks up from the newspaper last night and says, "You know, God got a lot more merciful in the New Testament than he was in the Old Testament.  Why is that?" Question didn't have anything specific to do with the article he was reading.  It was just one of those th...

As I've said many a time, my feelings about my fellow man and woman can be summed up thus:  People stink and they are stupid. I say that with love. Whenever I hear of some change in the zeitgeist heralded as a sign of our collective cultural and spiritual and intellectual growth and enlightenme...

Jim had a GOOD sermon this morning. Made all kinds of little things click in my little old brain this morning. He'll be pleased. :) Based on Gal. 3:10-14 10For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the B...

Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits— who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good t...