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Serenity Thwarted

We are prisoners in a broken culture.

Afterlife Lotto

I admit it. I bought 4 Mega Millions tickets. I got 2 for the Wednesday drawing and 2 for the Friday. “But Ben, why would you throw away 4 perfectly good dollars.” Two reasons: 1. There is not much risk on the front end. I will not miss $4. 2. The potential rewards are freakishly […]

Legacy Code

I had my Imagine meeting this morning. It was our second to the last meeting. Not sure what comes next, but I’m open to possibilities. We are reading the book Naked Spirituality by Brian McLaren. I had procrastinated all week and as of noon yesterday, I had not read the second half of the book […]

Resistance is Futile

Bad metaphor #43282.5 When I was a kid, I used to go camping several times a year. We would always camp near a lake or a river. I loved the water. I am a confident swimmer and it was a great way to cool off in the summer. I also loved to fish. I was […]

Imagine, part 7

Thud! I start this posting with a quote from Pink Floyd’s The Wall. It is written from the perspective of a husband to his wife. But I use it here to describe the next phase of my faith journey. Day after day, love turns grey Like the skin of a dying man. Night after night, […]

Imagine, part 6

Crash! I preface this post with a couple of thoughts. It is impossible for me to put into words how much I love my son. He inspires me daily. Let me be clear I do not in any way, shape or form blame him for what happened to me. What follows is purely the result […]

Imagine, part 2

On three: One, Three, Two… I know, I know, I already published part 3. I winged part 2 at the meeting, but I want a complete set so here goes Paradise Lost So purely from a faith standpoint, I had a pretty great early childhood. But unfortunately as I got older, the adults around me […]

Imagine, part 3

Four Years in the Desert Young adulthood kicked off with the end of college. By some miracle, I graduated from Bethany on time with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. I wanted to go to grad school to become a therapist, but my student loan dept (modest by today’s standards) freaked me out. I needed a […]

Git Off My Lawn

Yes, I am becoming that guy, the old man shaking his cane at the neighborhood kids for playing in his yard. It hit me yesterday when I reread my own posting. There is a core of white hot anger at my core that has to do with the way that organized religion #$@#%!! (made sweet […]

Gimme that Ole Time Religion?

There is an old song called “Give Me That Old Time Religion.” It goes as follows: Give me that old-time religion, Give me that old-time religion, Give me that old-time religion, It’s good enough for me. Here is my question: To which religion does the writer refer? The religion where humanity was cursed for wanting […]