: What's Saving My Faith? This year, our pastor has been periodically asking members of the congregation to talk about what is …
: The Prayer of St Francis A random thought about the prayer of St. Francis occurred to me a few days ago that I wanted to …
: What Do I Want? Seriously. What do I want from God? Let me take a step back. The question of what I want arises from …
: Advent This post isn’t ready for prime time. It’s not even half baked. It’s still fluid. …
: Resurrection Death and resurrection. It’s the impossibility around which every other impossibility of the …
: Karens A woman driving a minivan nearly hit my daughter on her bicycle today at an intersection where the …
: John 3:16 For God so loved the world. Not all the white American Christians. Not all the people who loved him. …
: Unsaying "God" David James Duncan speaks of “unsaying God”, that is, apophasis—theology defined by what …
: Curious, not Confused I’ve been thinking about my approach to faith and how I am unsure of anything anymore, and …
: One More for the Day This ridiculously cute little guy was at the Rochester Pride Parade in June. I sent this pic to his …
: Happy Yellow Flower I take lots of photos on my commute. Of course, my commute is along the Erie Canal. This shot was a …
: More Photo Fun I have tons of photos, and I don’t post enough of them. Here’s one more: I’m not sure if this is a …
: Experiential Problems with Faith August 4, 2023 This one was tough. I originally wrote a pretty antiseptic description of the issue, …
: Living as a Ken in a Barbie World I am anticipating seeing the Barbie movie with a mixture of excitement and dread. It’s a Greta …
: Time for Reconstruction . . . Or Not This is about my State of Faith project but not actually part of it—kind of a meta-post. I’m not …
: This is a funky tree I saw growing along Irondequoit Creek on a bike ride through Ellison Park
: Atonement July 13, 2023 I’ve been working on this for ages, and I need to publish something, so here it …
: State of Faith (thus far) August 4, 2023 Experiential Problems with Faith This one was tough. I originally wrote a pretty …
: Miracles May 28, 2023 This is a tough one because we all want a God who can intervene on our behalf. I mean, …
: Materialism or Physicalism vs. Dualism May 24, 2023 This gets a bit technical, so first, a few Greek words (from a non-theologian): ** …
: The Problem of Evil Updated June 3, 2023 Any discussion of the existence and nature of God must take seriously the …
: The Nature of God May 23, 2023 Evangelicals (especially Calvinists) like to define the attributes of God, most of …
: Philosophical Problems May 23, 2023 I’m taking a little different tack here and jumping around in my posts to topics …
: The Power of Metaphor May 16, 2023 If myth is one end of the narrative spectrum, then metaphor is the other. Myths are …
: The Power of Myth May 10, 2020 I’ve been reading Inspired by Rachel Held Evans, partly because it was available on my …
: Scripture April 11, 2023 In our next exciting installment, we’ll explore the authority of scripture and how …
: Response to Facebook flame war Memo to everyone who has been behaving badly on my feed: I recently was told that people were …
: Beginning Reconstruction ##March 31, 2023 Now that I’ve deconstructed or unravelled my faith, where do I go? I don’t want to …
: Revelation March 25, 2023 What can we know about God? As the first cause and creator of the material universe, …
: State of Faith (thus far) May 28, 2023 I’ve been all over the place, revising older posts and wrestling new ones into …