Samplings from the Presbyterian USA Church’s Study Catechism:
Question 13. When you confess the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, are you elevating men over women and endorsing male domination?
No. Human power and authority are trustworthy only as they reflect God’s mercy and kindness, not abusive patterns of domination. As Jesus taught his disciples, [...]
Archive for August, 2009
And now for something completely different (Presby Theology Dept.)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Theology on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
News flash!!! Call the cops!!! Call Homeland Security!!!!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Uncategorized on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rush Limbaugh’s been impaled in the mouth by a telephone pole!!!!
Film at 11 !!!!
“Beauty will save the world” — Doestevsky
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beauty on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So many fantastic colors: Pretty pictures by photographer Lawrence Paiken:
Beauty will save the world.”
—- Doestevsky
When the mighty ones fall
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Faith & Church, Theology on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The news about politicians, sports figures and other high-profile folks and their infidelities has become all too common.
It’s easy enough to condemn these public figures as cads and hypocrites and really turn up the heat on them with harsh judgment, especially if it’s a politician. The libs love to see a conservative fall, and the [...]
O Susanna, O won’t you pray for me?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Faith & Church, Theology on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Help me, Lord, to remember that religion is not to be confined to the church, or closet, nor exercised only in prayer and meditation, but that everywhere I am in thy presence. So may my every word and action have a moral content. . . . . May all the happenings of my life prove [...]
Your Saturday nigh special: Quotable quotes to mull on
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Theology on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The church can reach those whose lives are breaking down simply by forming Christians who know how to practice compassion, how to listen, how to withhold judgment, how to bake casseroles, how to look after other people’s children when those people are too confused or grief-stricken to do it themselves, how to give away their [...]
Where will it all end? (Your cell phone may be a fire threat to your Maytag appliance! No kidding!)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Uncategorized on August 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By JIM DWYER
From the Aug. 23 New York Times
First the superintendent and the handyman checked the oven from top to bottom. Then they tested the electrical outlet that supplied ignition power for the oven. Everything worked. Finally, they gave their verdict to the tenant, Andrei Melnikov.
It was simply not possible, they said, that his oven, [...]
Sarah Palin is quiet, missing in action: It’s time to be afraid; be very afraid
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged politics or governing on August 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Craig Medred, Alaska Dispatch
One year ago Saturday, Republican presidential hopeful John McCain hoisted little-known Sarah Palin onto the national stage. Little could McCain imagine the cast of characters she would bring with her or the firestorm she would create.
Isn’t it odd how nuclear explosions alter the time-space continuum? Thirteen months ago, much of Alaska [...]
And now for something completely different
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Uncategorized on August 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Guaranteed to blow your mind!!!
OUROBOROS from sam3 on Vimeo.
Your RX for dis-ease: The healing power of salvation
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Books, Faith & Church, Theology on August 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The word salvation, a key term for understanding the Christian worldview, derives from the Latin word salus, which means healthy and sound, in turn deriving from the Greek holus, which means whole. The Christian Gospel, as a message of salvation, can also be understood as a message of healing, one that brings wholeness to our [...]
