I am in a bit of a conundrum. I am part of a small-town, non-denominational, evangelical church in southern New Hampshire. I attended for about 6 months before the pandemic. Now it is coming up on a year that I have yet to return to regular in-person worship, in spite of the doors being open … More Stay or Go?
FROM A BROKEN TREE by Robert Lupton I once saw a large tree that had been struck by lightning many years before. The trunk was badly split and bent, but the growth of recent years was sturdy and straight. Bark had grown over much of the once-exposed heartwood, leaving the trunk misshapen but well protected. … More Ravi Zacharias and Trees
Last night Lisa Montgomery was executed by lethal injection. It was one in a long list of federal executions in the last year (I counted 11 as of this morning). Yesterday 4,406 people died of COVID-19 in America alone. The highest single day of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. The total is now … More “Pro-life”
2020 was an apocalypse. No, not the end of the world, as the term is commonly used. Apocalypse is a revealing. This year revealed many things: Many people, especially “Christians”, are incapable of sacrificing their own comfort and security for the sake of others. White Evangelicals are afraid of facing the unjust systems and institutions … More The Apocalypse
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