“When Calvinist preacher Jonathan Edwards told worshipers in 1741 that they were loathsome spiders held over the pit of hell by the gracious hand of an offended God, he wasn’t speaking a heretical creed but the basic vocabulary of American faith.” “Much of modern Christianity preaches a comforting Home Depot theology: You can do it. […]
The CORE Chorus
When CORE launches The North American Lutheran Church (NALC) in August 2010, will it require the threefold historic episcopate? No, but note the chorus that will sing at this launching: Read more here and as a .PDF file here.
Diversity training doesn’t work.
Diversity training has always been controversial, but now some social scientists report that there is little evidence diversity training works. What works much better: mentoring and monitoring promotion practices. Read more here.
Nigeria – Except It Ain’t So
500 – mostly women and children — were butchered in Nigeria last month due to “ethnic tensions” and “economic decline,” say the MSM – except it ain’t so. It was a Muslim-on-Christian massacre. Reportedly, it was in retaliation for Christian-on-Muslim killings in January — except it ain’t so. The killings in January began when Muslim […]
The Earth Is Not Your Mother
God is not your Mother either. But the ELCA wants you to call God: “Mother.” The ELCA’s Book of Faith Lenten Journey is on the Lord’s Prayer. Surprise, surprise – in the ELCA praying to “Our Father” is nice but limiting. What’s needed? Mother God. Parent God. A metaphor from our own experience to reflect […]