Over the last week I have watched a handful of documentaries regarding churches and their interactions with society. Two of those documentaries, Hell House (2001) and Lord Save Us From Your Followers (2008), have fueled some thoughts I have been having about the way congregations choose to interact with society (HH is on instant Netflix …
discussing practice…
Regrettably it has been just over a week since my last post. However, that last post has generated some mild discussion via facebook message. Here is the post if you have not read it. Below is that back and forth, please weigh in… rmschroeder: I appreciate the attention to the word practice. I think that …
practice, practice, practice
My wife and I watched a documentary today called Fall From Grace. It chronicled the hateful and ignorant ideals which are spewed out by Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church. Although the documentary was enough to make me want to move to Topeka and have a few words with the Phelps Clan, it made …
flesh and blood
This post was written about two weeks ago. I hope that you still find relevancy in what was written. As cliche as it sounds, I will always remember where I was on September 11th, 2001. It was a Tuesday and I was in high school. A mere 16 years old, trying to sleep in because …
an occasional theologian 