A Fear of Whales

Last week I talked about Revelation and how much easier it is to enjoy if you can just unlearn all the stuff that people say about it which makes no sense at all for a book written in the time and place it says it was written in for the people it says it was…

Today Is the Day I hit 50 Subscribers on YouTube. If you want to make it 51, you can subscribe at www.ryangaffney.com/video Ironically, the other channel I have, which I actually started developing in earnest first, has been growing less quickly and still hasn’t hit 50. It’s at www.ryangaffney.com/movies There are a couple of reasons…

   Enough Serious Stuff. Let’s talk about unicorns!

Of all the questions I get asked as a pastor, this one is maybe the most common, and perhaps it is so common because it is so important. Here is my final answer to “How do we get those young people to come to our churches” Basically, stop making them “your” churches and asking young…

You can find it hereIt’s about authoritarian political opinions and how they interfere with Christianity, in keeping with the main theme of the blog https://www.winninglove.org/Check them out if you get a chance.

We never really put enough effort into this question. I remember some time years ago when the most popular feature on BeliefNet was the belief-o-matic that matched your theological preferences on a quiz to one of the popular denominations with a percent, but even that didn’t come close to making sense of the variety of…

Often people assume that because i am a “Man of God” (their words not mine) I therefore must have a certain political affiliation. And therefore a certain opinion on things that matter to them, like environmental protection and LGBTQ rights. The truth is, that as a Christian, I think it is extremely important to not…

I love me some Dave Bautista. That shouldn’t really surprise anyone, he is very loveable. He does a great job in physical roles as well as comedic ones, and doesn’t lack in dramatic chops when they are called for. So I was really ready to see My Spy when it came out, and I hope…

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