This is not a new song to many, but to me – it was a refreshing new discovery:

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Lyrics:
Oh
Yeah
Take me to the table where we all dine together
And pluck me from the crowd and return me to my sender
Whatever path you…[Read more]

Do you think that we tend to have a romanticized version of the past as part of our narrative about normal human sexuality?  Thing is, I have 2 teenagers.  We’ve always taught purity and abstinence, as God’s best plan.  We were both non-christians growing up and had come into the marriage with a “history”.  It took some time for that deep, deep lev…[Read more]

As I understand it, the OT has no word for the concept of Hell as we typically envision it.  Sheol, I’ve read was just the abode of the dead and righteous and unrighteous souls – all went there and it was neither reward, nor punishment.  So I’ve heard that the idea of Hell was actually a concept that came from Greek philosophy/mythology (dualism a…[Read more]

Taoism…Shit happens.
Confucianism…Confucius says, shit happens.
Buddhism…If shit happens, it isn’t really shit.
Zen…What is the sound of shit happening?
Hinduism…This shit happened before.
Islam…If shit happens, it is the will of Allah.
Protestantism…Let shit happen to someone else.
Catholicism…If shit happens, you deserve…[Read more]

Steve McSwain writes for the Huffington post.  In a 3 part series he talks about his migration out of fundamentalism to a more inclusive “spiritual but not religious” perspective.  Here are the links to his entries:

1.)  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-mcswain/this-i-was-taught-to-beli_b_806380.html
2.)  h…[Read more]

Today is Independence Day in the US – for me this year, it has a double meaning, about spiritual/intellectual independence.  So I want to wish all of you that have found the same freedom a great day!  Be Free in all its messy grandeur.

Still learning my way around how the site works…had shared this the other day, but not as a forum entry.  can you relate?  A colleague of mine had 2 Corinthians 3:17 ”Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” on the back of his hoody today. In my worship leading days I used to love the song by Darrell Evan…[Read more]