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“San Andreas Fault Has Gone Ominously Quiet” warned a recent headline in the Los Angeles Times. “Ominously” quiet? Shouldn’t quiet fault lines be a good thing? Not always, because faults need to move a little from time-to-time, otherwise they move a lot, all at once, and usually with disastrous consequences.
We like to think we stand on terra firma...
This past Sunday’s gospel was Matthew’s version of the familiar Parable of the Sower. Unfortunately, most people (well, most preachers anyway) want this story to say more than it does. It actually has a simple message, yet profound in its own way. The parable is one of the few that appears in all three synoptic gospels. Here is Luke’s somewhat more concise version.
In retirement, my worship attendance has become increasingly less frequent. And each time I do go, as I did this past Sunday, I’m reminded why.
Like most churches of my denomination (ELCA), the one I attended maintains the Lutheran practice of starting each service with a “confession of sins.” For some reason, this time left me more depressed and frustrated tha...
If you have read this blog very often, you will know that the contrast between religion and spirituality is a favorite topic of mine. That distinction, and the failure to understand it, goes to the heart of the modern crisis of traditional religion. It is the explanation for the growth in the number of peopl...
Among the “must see” sites that we visited in France last month was the Palace of Versailles. Over-the-top in its size and opulence, it was, frankly, kind of ridiculous, and even depressing. As I wrote earlier, seeing it made the mob that dragged aw...