Groupy

I start this post with a quote. I would never want to belong to any club that would have someone like me for a member. –Woody Allen as Alvy Singer in Anne Hall Something rather unexpected has happened. I joined a … … not sure what to call it. It is a group. I can […]

Imagine, part 1

What do you know about the circumstances of your birth? There are a couple of tidbits I remember hearing about the day I was born. First of all it was August and my mother just wanted me out. It was hot and nobody in Colorado had AC back then, except of course the hospital. My […]

Moo Year

Let me say up front, that I do not make New Year’s resolutions. I think trying to change your behavior because of an arbitrary date is doomed to failure. Making little changes over time that is eminently doable. So in no particular order, here are some things I would like to improve upon (that is […]

I Can Do All Things (Phil four thirteen)

Go to church long enough and the same topics and scriptures are repeated. If they use the lectionary it is roughly every three years or so. At most churches it is somewhere between 3 and 5 years…except around Christmas and Easter, they are repeated annually. Rarely do you hear a good sermon about Jael driving […]

Letting the Days Go By, Let the Water Hold Me Down

My faith is a faint shadow of what was once substantial. I continue to attend church, though I am not certain why. That being said, I was moved to tears today in church. Why? I am not sure exactly. But I think it has something to do with connectedness. Biologically, we are unique individuals. Yet […]

Integrity or Exhibitionism

I was talking with my therapist last night. The subject as always was on religion. About half way through the hour, I realized that we were not on the same page. I was talking about my anxiety about being honest about my spiritual state with people I am close to. I told him I really […]

Mystery Meat

Here now, more of my post therapy ramblings about religion & the nature of faith: I begin this entry with a quote from the Matrix: This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill – the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever […]

Liturgical Spin Cycle

Growing up Pentecostal, the faith was focused on experience. Emotional ecstasy was the goal of worship. About my junior year of college (at a Pentecostal school), a friend of mine invited me to go to church with him. I was a drama geek at the time and he was the cool rogue guy who was […]

New Path

So I am exploring a new path of faith. I still consider myself a Christian, but my understanding and practice of faith is changing. If I had to describe my approach to faith prior to my crisis, I would use the title of an old Depeche Mode song, Personal Jesus. My prayers were conversational and […]

And the winner is…

So I really intended to write about politics today. Then I read a friends blog. Someone who commented on his entry made a comment that I have heard all my life. For the sake of argument, I will boil down the sentiment being expressed: God is a Republican. I think I have been fairly honest […]