I was saddened to learn that America’s number one killer of men has struck again. This time it took the life of Southern California megachurch pastor Andrew Stoecklein.
… Read the restPastor Andrew Stoecklein of Inland Hills Church (Chino, Ca) took his own life this weekend.
Being new to attending, and possibly joining, my local ELCA church, I was quick to ask which books would aid me in understanding Lutheran theology. I was pointed toward Accidental Saints by “Rockstar Lutheran” Nadia Bolz-Weber. I wasn’t unfamiliar with her ministry, having seen a few of her “blessed are…” videos online.… Read the rest
I started reading this book some time ago and put it down. I picked it back up a couple days ago and remembered why I initially took a break from it. From my published review on Goodreads:
… Read the restI have personally walked away from evangelicalism.
More protests expected Monday after body cam video released of South Shore police shooting
Look. You shoot an unarmed kid in a hoodie? That’s unacceptable. You shoot an unarmed kid in a playground? That’s unacceptable. You choke a guy to death on the street for selling cigarettes?… Read the rest
Does anyone else find Frozen to be incredibly depressing?
Two sisters are best friends. One develops powers she can’t control or understand and has to shut her sister out as a response. The upset younger sister doesn’t know why, and thinks her older sister just hates her.… Read the rest
Purging Laura Ingalls Wilder from the Canon
… Read the restOne problem with censoring and expunging certain books and authors for their retrograde attitudes is that, ironically, it covers up and blinds us to the very evils they are accused of.
Some anti-slavery books, such as Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Huckleberry Finn, are now considered racist because of their racial language and their “stereotypical” depictions of black people. And yet these were the books that woke up Americans to the evils of racism!
From today’s ELCA daily bible reading:
… Read the restFor if you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you truly act justly one with another, if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt, then I will dwell with you in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your ancestors forever and ever.
Milo Yabbadabbadoopolis, brown stain on the collective underwear of society, claims he was “just joking” when he called for armed attacks on journalists.
… Read the rest“The truth, as always, is the opposite of what the media tells you. I sent a troll about ‘vigilante death squads’ as a *private* response to a few hostile journalists who were asking me for comment, basically as a way of saying, ‘F–k off.’ They then published it.
Former Irish President: Infant Baptism Violates Human Rights
Mary McAleese has said that the baptism of infants is a form of coercion and is calling on the Church to change its practice.
Oh for…. (facepalm)
“You can’t impose, really, obligations on people who are only two weeks old, and you can’t say to them at 7 or 8 or 14 or 19, ‘Here is what you contracted; here is what you signed up to’ — because the truth is, they didn’t,” she said in a June 23 interview with The Irish Times.… Read the rest
I’ve been a Stephen King fan since Junior High. The first book of his I read was The Stand, which still “stands” as one of my favorite books to this day. In fact, that book (combined with overall favorite My Side of the Mountain) fostered a unique adoration for tales of dystopian survival. … Read the rest