Updating with Links to Ethics Daily

Most of what I might post here can be found at  Ethics Daily (The Webzine for The Baptist Center for Ethics).  Here are the more recent contributions:
Can Prophets of Doom Awaken Us from Comfortable Lifestyle? 4/24/2009
Confusion Reveals Church’s Struggle on Sexual Orientation Issues 4/17/2009
This Easter, Don’t Get All Worked Up Over the Bunny 4/10/2009
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The Follower’s Prayer

O God of King David and Queen Elizabeth,
Of every Pharaoh and each Caesar, of all despots and dictators, of preachers, popes and presidents, of clerics, critics and colonels, of rabbis, rulers and rookies,
By your eternal Spirit, every single leader – whether great or small, good or evil, wise or incompetent, all with mixtures in [...]

Caution Needed on the Information Superhighway

A young stockbroker, who once belonged to a youth group I led     back in the 1980s, refers to “Facebook” as “Internet crack cocaine.” He might be right, especially in the first month of “addiction” when there is a frenzy of activity: renewing old acquaintances, looking over friends’ messages and photo [...]

The Theological Heritage of Sarah Palin

You might have predicted it. As more and more churches have placed their Sunday morning worship services online in video format, there is hardly an extraordinary moment in church not immortalized and watched by thousands, if not millions of viewers.
Not long ago, at least three church members sent me this clip of the young boy [...]

The Right Way

Now this is the way to sing the national anthem, plus I absolutely adore Shawn Johnson (she’s gotta be kin).

Ice, Ice, maybe….

Alongside the summer pursuits of outdoor projects, back-yard barbecues and a really good book to read while sitting by a stream, lake or ocean – I have wondered about the fragility and tenuous nature of life.
I know it appears strange to sink into a melancholy of morbid thinking while the sun blasts away through the [...]

Sebelius for Vice President

Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius is my front runner for Vice President on the Obama ticket. While she is criticized for not being “flashy” enough for a national stage – I not only believe Ba-rock has enough star power for both, but really, when was charisma a prerequisite for V-P?
With Sebelius you [...]

Too Close To Home

Beginning Again….

This new venture in web blogging takes the place of an earlier effort called “All Things Jesus.” In this installment, I hope to be more personal by incorporating work from my professional life with observations and experiences from my life outside of the church. The opinions and interests contained here are my [...]