Monthly Archives: May 2011

What do you do when you find out you’re going to die? I think it’s a good question because, you know, you are. Me, too. Death is pretty much inevitable. But we live in a society that fears death. We … Continue reading →

Here are the results of the blog poll: “Which are your favorite progressive Church of Christ blogs? (Select up to 5)” After you take out the “Null” votes (cast to trigger a display of the results), about 500 votes were … Continue reading →

With over 500 responses, I figure it’s time to shut the poll down and report the results. The blog poll is closed. If all goes well, I’ll post the final tally later this evening.

The Resurgence just posted an article on how to protect your daughter from Barbie. And they are serious. Now, I have no daughters. Just the four boys. I have a daughter-in-law, but she didn’t show up until she was past … Continue reading →

Originally, I had planned to cover Ezekiel and Jeremiah, but there is so very much material there, this series might never end. So I’m skipping to the end of the prophets. Zechariah and Malachi both prophesied after Ezra and Nehemiah … Continue reading →

From Wade Hodges, One of the biggest mistakes I made as a young preacher was that I was driven by a desire to turn the churches I was serving into churches I could be proud of working with, because at … Continue reading →

It’s been nearly two weeks now. Things are getting better. Most of the roads have been reopened. Power is on for most people around here. The water is drinkable once again. Things aren’t quite normal, but they are much, much … Continue reading →

We’ve considered Isaiah from several perspectives. We need to add one more — the Kingdom. The Gospels record John the Baptist and Jesus preaching the coming of the Kingdom without bothering to define it. For example, we read early in … Continue reading →

So, anyway, I was looking at the very long list of progressive Church of Christ blogs that I’ve posted here for some time, and it occurred to me that I only have time to read a small fraction of these, … Continue reading →