The Swinger

When my son was first born, I was on the cusp of going into the ministry. Because I was quasi clergy, I felt that I had to put a positive spin on everything. I said obnoxious things like, “thank God this happened to us. We have the resources and a strong relationship. We can deal […]

I’d rather laugh with the sinners, than cry with the saints

The older I get the more I think that I may not be compatible with heaven. It is most assuredly not for a lack of information. I have heard about heaven and hell for all of my life. I have spend most of my life surrounded by people that knew beyond a shadow of a […]

A Generous Idolatry

I have been thinking about Idols a lot recently (not the Paula Abdul kind). The second commandment says you shall not make carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven or above. If you go with the narrowest interpretation of the commandment, it would be pretty easy to keep. I do not […]

Veal or Chicken?

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” –Proverbs 22:6 When I was a kid, much of my free time was devoted to church and church activities. If there was an event that included my age group, I had to attend or […]

Sorry…Stolen from a friends blog

A friend of mine (Brian , who will remain safely anonymous…ooops) wrote recently about an apology he heard at work. I am shamelessly stealing this theme. To paraphrase, one of the things he said was that good apologies feel like you are ripping something out of your chest. Agreed! A former friend of mine was […]

Vergence, Part 3, the Practice

I start this entry by describing the best class of my undergraduate years. It was my final semester and I was taking 19.5 units. By that time, I had completed all my religious studies and I had only upper division psychology classes, including my thesis left. Oh, and one pesky general ed. class. I needed […]

Vergence, Part2, My Faith

So I am culturally a Christian, but pluralistic in practice. Can I say I believe anything? Dogmatically, no. But here is my best attempt at explaining what it is I believe and how that fits into a Christian context. There is a force, a wind, the spirit that is the energy at the core of […]

Vergence, Part one, the Journey

So what the heck DO I believe in? Since joining Imagine about a year and a half ago, I have gone from an ice cold stage, through a period of complete disorientation and now at long last, I think I am emerging into a new spring renewal of spirituality. But what of faith? My personal […]

Now is the winter of our…

Discontent For those of you who have followed by blog over the years, I sincerely apologize if I have caused you metaphysical whiplash. But here I go again. I have been thinking a lot about the book Naked Spirituality again, specifically winter. I won’t bore you with my substandard summary. But I will say that […]

Human: Individuals or Organelles?

When I was in High School, I worked summers at a day camp. Most days we went on a field trip of some sort. On one particular day, we went to a local park. We started to play kickball and all of the counselors participated. It was a particularly hot day, so I kicked off my […]