Toward a Personal Theology (Part II)

Reality changes at different stages of growth.
Plenty of people will disagree. Reality is as they say, reality. But is this really true? I would say not. First of all, we know from molecular physics that reality is actually very relative. It is relative to location, but most importantly, we learn that the very act [...]

Toward a Personal Theology (Part 1)

I’m often asked (well okay, almost never, but you have to admit it’s a good lead in) what my problem is with fundamentalists.
My answer is not that I have such a serious quarrel with somebody saying there are five or six things one must adhere to in order to be “Christian.” Actually, I do, but [...]

Job Satisfaction is Job 0

A few days ago, I wrote a blog on Memorial Day, and the bizarre way we celebrate it.  I surely won’t belabor the point for you now, but I think from the comments, that my point got across. It is hard to think of Britain or France, or the Israelis celebrating their war dead in [...]

Reasonable and Holy

As I mentioned the other day, we just conducted a short forum discussion at our church on the issue of same-sex marriage. In light of the recent Iowa Supreme Court decision opening the way for same-sex civil marriage, our diocese is suddenly having to grapple with how we will handle it.
We had already been blessings [...]

God Hopes in Ida!

Isn’t she cute? She’s our ancestor of sorts. At least those who have studied her svelte little body seem to think so. She is the most perfectly preserved fossil of an animal that is “linked” to humans ever found. Much better than “Lucy” found about 30 years ago by Don Johanson. Only about 60% of her [...]

How to Celebrate Solemnity

Americans may truly be the only nation of people who can find it somehow right and proper to combine a solemn honoring of our war dead day, with picnics, the beach, camping and barbecue.
I don’t know how we do it,  but we do. And we don’t seem to see anything odd about it.
Now, before you [...]

For Those Who Gave the Last Full Measure

Memorial Day
Death makes brothers of all soldiers.
Those who lay down their weapons.
Beside their own caskets.
Should be allowed peace from the/
nationalistic/militarists attitudes.
That placed them there.

Shouted prayers for peace/
Would be a more fitting tribute
To those who have fallen,
Than beats of drum,
Or blare of bugle.
What better sign of homage could be given,
Than for all living,
To join hands and [...]