Apologia

Dec 08, 2010

I sometimes think it’s a miracle that I am back in the church, given the church in which I was raised and how far from it I wandered. While I grew from a toddler to a young teen my family belonged to a southern Presbyterian church in Louisville, Kentucky. Every Sunday for those eleven years […]

Beliefs vs. Relationship

Oct 18, 2010

According to Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary which has a branch in Charlotte, in 2008 there were 39,000 Christian denominations in the world with a new denomination forming every 12 hours. In 1800 there were 500 Christian denominations.[1] To me this is an astounding number. If someone had said that there were 500 today, I’d have been […]

Toward a Practical Spirituality

Oct 11, 2010

Spirituality can be like going down a fairly straight ladder with your back to the rungs, or like facing the rungs and holding on as you descend. Spirituality, being led by the Spirit of God, and religion, a set of beliefs, rituals and a community drawn together by its commonality, form a continuum that depicts […]

Embracing the paradoxes

Apr 05, 2010

I was brought up in a hell-fire and damnation church in Kentucky with the preacher yelling and screaming about how sinful we were and how consigned to hell we were, pounding his fist on the pulpit for emphasis every Sunday. This was a powerful and toxic drama that had these effects on me: 1)a tendency […]

Faith

Aug 11, 2008

Faith is readiness for action in the face of anything!

Doubt/DOUBT

May 13, 2008

Doubt doesn’t have to rule your life.

The Divide between Believers and Nonbelievers

Apr 28, 2008

It is very hard to imagine an experience someone else has had.

Beliefs: Gateway to the Life of the Spirit

Mar 10, 2008

Beliefs are just the beginning.