Denominations
The Relevance of Relevance
Monday, November 8th, 2010I remain unable to let go of the irritation I feel at myself that I did not think of the name of this strange venture of mine, namely OMG: Center for Theological Conversation. That spark of creativity and wit came from the fine folks at Insight Marketing, who, after listening to me babble about what [...]
Sacred pissiness
Monday, September 27th, 2010I just finished reading a review of Barbara Ehrenreich’s book Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking has Undermined America. You can find the link here. If you’re wondering why you’ve heard of Barbara Ehrenreich before, your memory is tingling because she wrote the notable book Nickle and Dimed. This latest book was born [...]
Anne Rice not a Church-goer … then she is … now she’s not …. What’s up?
Monday, September 13th, 2010In light of Anne Rice’s recent announcement that she is leaving Christianity but holding onto Christ I am pondering the following:
What does it mean to react to vs respond to the Gospel, to God, to Christ, to Christianity?
What are the parallels, if any, between Anne Rice and the stance taken by Martin Luther centuries ago?
What does it mean to ‘leave’ a doctrine?
Lutherans and grace
Friday, September 10th, 2010I try to believe that grace is a fundamental teaching of the Lutheran faith. I have trouble with that at times. Any ideas?
ELCA conversation about homosexuality
Friday, March 5th, 2010Question: Hi! was wondering if you had an opinion on the whole gay minister thing, particularly re: the editorial yesterday;03/03/2010 in the Argus Leader from Lutheran minister who equated the issue to the rebellion of Lucifer; wanting to place his throne above God’s throne. Thanks for the question! I do have an opinion. I actively [...]
Who should go forward for Communion?
Friday, March 5th, 2010Question: My sister-in-law grew up Bapist (she’s from GA). She didn’t receive communion with us during a visit to MN-she explained due to her thoughts, words, deeds. I told her that’s the best time to go and mentioned Eph 2:8-10. She came back to me with James 2:14-19. So what do I say to a [...]
