Month: May 2010

Almighty God, kindle, we pray, in every heart the true love of peace, and guide with your wisdom those who take counsel for the nations of the earth, that in tranquillity your dominion may increase until the earth is filled with the knowledge of y… →

It has been exactly one year since everything blew up in my life — one year since I started my leave-of-absence which led to my resignation from the church… and all that went with that… lost friendships, community, livelihood, purpose, church… →

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There is but one Christian ethic and but one Christian metric: LOVE. In other words, LOVE GOD and LOVE PEOPLE. All is else is commentary — or distraction. And those who proclaim any other Gospel are false teachers, not to be heeded. →

This is an important documentary to watch, no matter which side of the debate you are on. Please watch and comment… What is disturbing to me is how similar the rhetoric is from the Uganda pastors and Christian fundamentalists in this country… … →

Ron Wikberg (right) with Wilbert Rideau at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at AngolaRON WIKBERG is the first prisoner I ever became friends with. He was a convicted murderer serving a life sentence in the most violent prison in America — the Lou… →

Yesterday I noted that I am spending a lot of time lately with some interesting folks — dealers, addicts, prostitutes and prisoners (and some of the folks I have been hanging with are all four of those!) Some I just hang with… others are becomi… →

I find that I spending a lot of time lately with addicts (porn, sex, drugs, alcohol… you name it), drug dealers, prostitutes and those in our prison system (inmates, parolees, etc). This is new for me. As a pastor, you don’t really get to spend … →

Rev. Ted Roberts writes about secrets: “Secrets in themselves become problems. First there is the pressure of trying to remember who you told what so that you aren’t discovered. Add to that the constant fear of being discovered and the guilt and s… →

A while back I posted a summary/outline of Tony Campolo’s talk at this year’s Gay Christian Network’s conference (click here). There was lots of commenting and controversy about that post — as well as some assumptions about what Campolo was sayin… →