I like Jesus. There are no other ways about that. I like the Jesus my friends talk about, the one who cares about people that most people don’t care about. I like the Jesus that hangs out with the rejects, the losers, the weak, the unclean, because I see myself in all of these categories. [...]
I bought Bertrand Russel’s “Why I Am Not a Christian” today. I had gone in looking for some Kierkegaard and a book of logic puzzles (they’re calming for me), I think I shocked myself with the selection I walked out with. (I did get the logic puzzle book though) Why would I pick up “Why [...]
Sometimes I get tempted to saw forget it and walk away from the whole God thing. When I say “sometimes” I mean: quite often. It’s not the inconsistencies within systematic religion that makes me want to give up, nor is it my opinion of (current) Biblical accuracy. Not even the hypocrisy within the church. Not [...]
“Students! Do not practice buddha-dharma for your own sake. Do not practice buddha-dharma for name and gain. Do not practice buddha-dharma to attain blissful reward. Do not practice buddha-dharma to attain miraculous effects. Practice buddha-dharma solely for the sake of buddha-dharma. This is the way.” -Dogen I often wonder what would Christianity look like if [...]
I’ve always written about that which was currently going on in my life. It’s easy to tap into that source and come up with plenty to talk about, it got me through my first two years of blogging, but now… now I’m stuck. What if what’s going on in my life isn’t something that needs [...]
“It’s a relationship, not a religion.” Said Jess, both without any hint of irony and perhaps slightly more enthusiastically than was necessary. “Some relationship.” responded Tom offhandedly. “I mean, think about it for a second,” he continued, focusing more, “you can’t even hold a decent conversation with the guy. Seems like a lot of one [...]
I had sat down a while ago to write a post about the possibility of morality without religion, but I ended up getting side tracked and the post was left unfinished and forgotten until my Google reader had this post waiting on me this morning from Religion Dispatches. The post, entitled “Imagine No Religion: Sustaining [...]
My friend Derek posed an interesting question for me last week. Either way, I have a three-fold question: (a.) what do you think Sin is? (b.) what does it mean to be a “sinner”? (c.) what does the Gospel offer as a solution to sin, and how does this solution play out on a day [...]
Over the next four Wednesday’s (starting this upcoming Wednesday, the 22nd) I’ll be participating in and speaking (on a panel with other speakers) in the Ancient Future Emerging Jesus seminar(s). If you live in the Atlanta area please consider joining us, the event will be held at Unity North in Marietta, and promises to be [...]
In what seems like a previous life, I was a red blooded patriot, after September 11th I wanted to join the military (I was, of course, too young, and am thankful that I didn’t). I lauded at a friend that said he would never join the military, I told him I thought he was a [...]