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Immigration and Race are Spiritual Issues
>History has a way of repeating itself, especially when we pay little attention to the lessons of those who have preceded us. I am convinced that such is the case with the current fight over immigration in North Carolina. For those who want to know a little more, I recommend this article called Lifting the…
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Submergent Church Spoof
>Ok, so the Submergent Church piece that ran in the Christian Century recently was a spoof – as evidenced by this explanatory note that was printed in a more recent issue. The editors/writers thought the humor would be apparent and the implausibility of such a story obvious. For many, including myself, it wasn’t – which…
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Twixt the Mount and Multitude
> Read Luke 9:28-39, 41-43 ****************** Early in the temple met,Let us still our Savior greet;Nightly to the mount repair,Join our praying Pattern there. There by wrestling faith obtainPower to work for God again,Power his image to retrieve,Power like thee, our Lord to live. Vessels, instruments of grace,Pass we thus our happy days‘Twixt the mount…
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Am I pastor of the wrong church?
>Ok, everyone from RUMC don’t panic with the title of this post! My tongue is firmly planted into my cheek on this one, but that is the thought that ran through my head when I read a little one page article in the February 6 issue of The Christian Century (yea, yea … two posts…
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A Call to Change Metaphors
>Bill Moyers has caught my attention and the attention of others. Back in November, he delivered the Sol Feinstone Lecture on “The Meaning of Freedom” at the United States Military Academy at West Point. An excerpt of it was printed in the January edition of The Christian Century, and I found a fairly complete online…
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Theology Tag
>I have been tagged by Jonathan Norman of The Ivy Bush to put in my “two cents” in creating an Internet compilation of books that might be considered the Best in Contemporary Theology done in blogging meme style. If you are like me and this is a new to you (how does a person get…
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Stranger than Fiction
>Cafe Conversations is a new young adult group at RUMC that has just begun meeting on Sunday mornings prior to worship at a local coffee shop. Last week, each of those in attendance were asked to write a question or topic on a piece of paper. The idea is that all the subjects/topics would be…
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Bashing Judeo-Christian values in the name of Judeo-Christian values
>For those who don’t know, the U.S. House of Representatives has recently experienced a new first. Rep. Keith Ellison from Minnesota is Congress’ first Muslim. His recent election has caused something of a stir, primarily because he chose to place his hand on a Koran in his private swearing-in ceremony. (the mass, public ceremony in…
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Christmas Peace, Joy and Forgiveness … dismissed so soon?
> In light of today’s news about Saddam Hussein’s demise, some may feel like celebrating. Pardon me if I recuse myself from personal signs of exuberance, whether subtle or grandiose. I can still vividly remember the sickening celebrations in the street that accompanied Ted Bundy’s execution in Florida. I wondered then, as I do now,…
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Making Peace in Middle East a Priority
>For the past few years, a few interreligious local leaders in Durham have been working with national leaders to express how important it is that we make peace in this contested region of the world a priority. Here is a link to the most recently composed press release due to come out later this month.…
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