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Category Archives: religion
Hollow cake
I tried my baking skills the other day. I had an orange-cranberry muffin mix, which called for an added cup of water. Flush with the success of earlier efforts, I added a protein booster whey powder, a couple eggs, and two … Continue reading
Posted in politics, reading, religion, social issues, Spiritual life
Tagged Camara, Modern Spiritual Masters series, Orbis Books, T.S. Eliot
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In Spirit and Truth
I always get into what I’m reading. I’ve been wanting some biography, and happened on Before Night Falls through a book list. It’s a memoir of Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban poet, freedom fighter and gay activist. Not the kind of book you’d … Continue reading
When darkness gathers
An Advent devotion to be in a booklet of such from Trinity United Methodist Church. As fall deepens, days grow short and the air gets cold. Daylight Savings Time begins—suddenly night falls. You huddle with your school children at the … Continue reading
Immanuel people
Immanuel people are those who remind us that “God is with us.” 1600 years ago a child went missing, a sign child went missing, and is still missing today for most folks. Child 1: Shear… “A remnant will return” When … Continue reading
Thou shalt love, not hate
I had occasion to think about Sodom and Gomorrah tonight. The prophet Isaiah addresses the leaders and people of Judah, the Southern Kingdom, as “you rulers of Sodom, you people of Gomorrah.” They must have been shocked, because then, as now, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, religion, social issues
Tagged gay marriage, homosexuality, Sodom and Gomorrah
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Background for 8th century Isaiah
Essentials of Hebrew History All dates are BC (or BCE Before the Common Era) Background 2000-1500?— Abraham, Isaac, Jacob 1300?— Exodus from Egypt 1200-1020?— The Judges (Deborah, Samson, Gideon, etc.) Israel becomes a monarchy. Three kings rule over a united … Continue reading
Be Still My Soul
06:05 Sunday morning There are two building blocks for this meditation: the hymn and Psalm 46. The Hymn One hymn I love especially: “Be Still My Soul.” You can hear Selah’s rendition here. Be still, my soul– The Lord is on … Continue reading
Is the last best?
Wedding at Cana, Vermeyen, 1530 Has it been worth it? Looking back over my life, this is what I see: Long before the “conservative resurgence” that reshaped the SBC into its present form, I was born a Southern Baptist in … Continue reading
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3:15 a.m. the clocks tick a duet in the silence after i pause the M*A*S*H dvd that plays to distract me from the cool hot jazz the pain quintet is jamming in my bones. in the bedroom down the hall … Continue reading
Whom do you fear?
Left: Isaiah’s lips anointed by the angel (Isaiah 6.7) Isaiah, the greatest of the writing Hebrew prophets, lived in the eighth century BCE. His children become signs, acts of God incarnate. Here are some … Continue reading