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Excerpts from the following comments perfectly highlight Mitt Romney’s problems. On one side the spiritual concern: Jesus is not related to Satan by celestial family-hood. God does not live on a planet near a star called Kolob. The Church did not fail and die out as as J. Smith declared “as a Prophet.” The founder…

someone posted: What do you consider to be the ten best blog entries of 2006? I must admit I am still a blogging newbie (as opposed to a blogging newfie) and only started digging into the blog world the second half of 2006. So I’m going to need help here…post comments or email me at…

Ok, in posts and emails I’ve received more than a few suggestions to buy: “Dylan—buy ‘Blood on the Tracks.’ Even if you don’t love it at first—and you prob won’t—give it 10 or 12 listens. It’s a masterpiece. “Shelter from the Storm” is a wonderful love song.” “I became a Dylan convert this summer (and…

Here is a bit of what N.T. Wright, Bishop of Durham, New Testament scholar (named by Christianity Today as one of the top five theologians in the world) has to say about the passage in Luke I wrote about yesterday. “The modern Western world is built on anxiety. You see it on the faces of…

Gov. Mitt Romney has filed papers to explore a White House run. I don’t think he will get there. And yes, it is because he is a Mormon. There is a simple reality at play here. Most evangelical Christians believe the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a cult. That isn’t a…

I think I’m in a musical rut. Nothing against listening to U2 over and over – I could always start a cover band. But I need some new stuff even if it is old stuff. I don’t think I can really take Bob Dylan no matter how critically acclaimed he is. He sounds several bottles…

I’m going to defend Pat Robertson – sort of. Mocking him is such an easy thing to do. The basics – he is predicting a mass terrorist attack later this year. More specifically, he is saying that God told him about the terrorist attacks and that he is just relaying the message. Not surprisingly he…

In this new year I am trying to listen to Jesus’ words all over again. I’m trying to hear what he said as opposed to what it might be easy to believe. Context, of course, is hugely important. And so it is impossible to understand them without understanding life in First Century Palestine. At the…

Last month The Washington Post published a remarkable essay by a young woman entitled, “My Father Was an Anonymous Sperm Donor”. I’ve been thinking about it ever since. These paragraphs are particularly striking: I was angry at the idea that where donor conception is concerned, everyone focuses on the “parents” — the adults who can…

This isn’t about Jesus, isn’t about politics, isn’t even about bass fishing…but at points in my life this was probably just as important as any of them…sort of. The Pittsburgh Steelers. Ahhhh. Yes, we missed the playoffs. But really, who cares? We won the Super Bowl. I waited 27 years for that so I’m content…
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