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This Far, But No Farther: Paul's Radical Ecumenism in Galatians 3:28

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (Galatians 3:28)

The Bad Seed

"verily thou hast done unwisely...vex me not"

What Happens When the Wire Snaps?

What kept nagging at me -- after the rush of religion and feeling like I had found a church and a faith I could work into my own belief system -- was the ultimate question of the…

Some Unorganized Thoughts About Riots and Race

The Wikipedia page for the Boston Tea Party has an entire section solely about the destruction of the tea. White men, some disguised as Native Americans (not out of respect for the…

Souls, Purgatory, and Ghosts (with an explanation of Plumber Porn as a chaser)

We have to start with what a soul is, which should be easy, it's only four letters, but the thing is, it's not easy, even if it were three letters. We don't have a unilateral…

"Your God Shall Be My God": The Book of Ruth

In many ways, The Book of Ruth is a gentle echo of The Book of Job. In Job, we witness a righteous man destroyed for a wager who remains unwavering in his faith right up until he…

Evil

Roxanne asked about evil. I'll tell you now, at the beginning, to save you time if you thought I was going to be able to answer this question: I don't know how to answer this…

The Good Parts: 1 Thessalonians

But we were gentle among you. 1 Thess 2:7

God's Love as My Love for My Cat

One way I wrap my head around the idea of God's infinite and unconditional love (as I think of it -- you may have an entire different relationship with God that is so personal you…

Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast

I'm going to start with the easy stuff before it all falls apart.

Genesis 1:1-2 | Something Out of Something

At the beginning of God’s creating of the heavens and the earth, when the earth was wild and waste, darkness over the face of Ocean -- Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses

Genesis 1:6-8 | What Does it Mean to Be Good?

God said: Let there be a dome amid the waters, And let it separate waters from waters! God made the dome And separated the waters that were below the dome from the waters that were…

The Vineyard Workers (2 September 2018)

The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16) “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2 He…

When Your Cat May Also Be God

you say "more?" and he says "yes" and then you say "even more?" and he says "yes" and you say "i have no more left" and he says "yes" and you say "but i cannot stop?" and he says

Universal Salvation, Universal Love

I asked my pastor last night, an amazing woman named Jill McCrory of Twinbrook Baptist, what her most radical belief was w/r/t God and the Bible. She said, "Universal Salvation…

Some Things What I Believe

When I tell you that I am a Gnostic Baptist, it's not a lasting label. I haven't been anything long enough to safely (and sagely) say, "THIS I BELIEVE," with any sort of lasting…

Mustard Seeds (26 August 2018)

Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth…

Suffering, Part 2: Good Suffering

This is what happens when someone tries to lead me through a guided meditation. They'll want to start in a field -- not physically, though; I'm not an Outdoorsy Kinda Guy -- and…

Suffering, Part 1: Margaret

Who were the homestead wives? Who were the gold rush brides? Does anybody know? Do their works survive their yellow fever lives in the pages they wrote? The land was free, yet it…

"Advice" by Ruth Stone

My hazard wouldn’t be yours, not ever; But every doom, like a hazelnut, comes down To its own worm. So I am rocking here Like any granny with her apron over her head Saying, lordy…

"I battled the Holy Ghost once on the laundry porch"

Truth is a Gentlemen’s Agreement between two people, neither of whom are gentlemen, neither interested in honesty. Instead, these people are simply polite fictions dressed up in…

"I Guess I'll Read My Bible Elsewhere"

A few weeks ago, at the Meeting House, Zach was breathing too loudly while he was sitting in quiet contemplation for the still small voice of God. A woman in front of us, panicked…

"Your Belief Undoes Your Disbelief"

After years of no real belief at all, one late fall I felt called to be a Catholic.

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