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Live the Trinity – into suspended animation?

Posted on July 22, 2011 by admin

I might have to take a page from the Red Stick Rant book and put this website into temporary(?) hibernation. The last 2 weeks have been working 10-12 hours/day which is fine. Hard work is part of congregational ministry. But … Continue reading →

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NOTE – Closed registration and purged (almost) all users

Posted on July 12, 2011 by admin

Quick note/announcement. Every day there are about 1-3 spam registrations with this website. 1) Thanks to Disqus people can leave comments without registering with this website. They only need to be registered with Disqus. 2) I have closed registrations for … Continue reading →

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Heading to New York (where gay marriage is now legal)

Posted on June 28, 2011 by admin

This Thursday evening my children and I will fly to upstate New York to spend a week visiting with my mom as well as my sisters and brother and his family who all live in Minnesota. My mom lives on … Continue reading →

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How Tolkien might help us understand faith/trust in Genesis 22

Posted on June 27, 2011 by admin

Note – These are my notes from Evensong last night. I apologize that all this is in note form. I will add the text of the quotes – which are important – later. Was planning to talk about ecclesiology/church in … Continue reading →

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SERMON – A new understanding of faith/estel (or) The unavoidable story (Genesis 22)

Posted on June 27, 2011 by admin

Note – I am not entirely happy with this sermon as sermon. In other words it need more work and the central idea/point needs to be developed much better. But I share it because of the central idea/point which is … Continue reading →

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Two artists worth noting – one Israeli/Jewish and one Indian

Posted on June 24, 2011 by admin

I cannot explain how but starting about five years ago in two thousand and six began to include works of art in our worship guides. So if one of the Bible readings for that day 1 Samuel 3 would include … Continue reading →

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When you know those Christians on the news being arrested (or) Shouwang Church

Posted on June 22, 2011 by admin

In May-June 2010 spent four weeks journeying through the People’s Republic of China. That journey ended with a second visit to Beijing during which had the opportunity to worship with two house churches. One a house house church. Several people … Continue reading →

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Recent poor attempt to address(?) same-sex relations and Christian tradition

Posted on June 21, 2011 by admin

An old friend/classmate from Great Britain posted a link to a recent article by Jonathan Dudley entitled “My Take: Bible condemns a lot, so why focus on homosexuality?”. I thought “ho hum another article/piece/post on the subject” and made the … Continue reading →

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SERMON – “Tradutore no sempre traditore (or) “Truth, Translation, and Transluscence” (Acts 2)

Posted on June 15, 2011 by admin

    Truth, Translation, and Translucence: <Traduttore (no) Traditore!> (or) The Flesh/Word Became Word/Flesh and Pitched His Language Among Us (Acts 02) Richard M. Wright Church of the Nations Pentecost Sunday (A) June 12 2011 Everyone speaks French. Not really. … Continue reading →

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Falling prey to propaganda (or) Afternoon coffee

Posted on June 15, 2011 by admin

When enough media outlets pound us enough with the message that someone is odious or venal or stupid one starts to believe the propaganda. “Oh man sure hope Michele Bachmann does not become the Republican presidential candidate because she’s crazy … Continue reading →

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