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Going the (Social) Distance

Posted on March 20, 2020 by RC

Both humor and angst are going viral on the interwebs. With no other place to express either our cleverness or our fear, it doesn’t surprise me. Of course, for some the two are wrapped around each other. We put up … Continue reading →

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Colliding Solipsists

Posted on March 18, 2020 by RC

It is not, of course, a new thing, for one generation to grumble about the weaknesses of the next generation. Indeed it isn’t uncommon for the complaints to be essentially the same- the younger generation is lazy, disrespectful, slovenly, self-indulgent. … Continue reading →

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Myth Made Fact

Posted on March 14, 2020 by RC

It is a holdover from our modernist past that we consider “myth” to be synonymous with false. We also tend to think it means “old.” Now in our postmodern maturity we’ve reached the conclusion that while myth is not true, … Continue reading →

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Comfort Ye My People

Posted on March 12, 2020 by RC

I suspect that “comfort food” might better be called “nostalgia food.” There is, after all, nothing particularly comforting about macaroni and cheese, or meatloaf. The value in the food isn’t in the greatness of the taste, but the memories the … Continue reading →

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Discerning the Body

Posted on March 7, 2020 by RC

The hard driving forces of individualism do not yet stand astride the culture like a colossus. We have divided our homes into mini-apartment complexes, and our churches into age and gender segregated shopping malls. We break the ties that bind … Continue reading →

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Diffusing Deconversions

Posted on March 6, 2020 by RC

There’s a new genre in town. We still have love stories, science fiction stories, crime stories. We also still have conversion stories, testimonies about God’s grace in our lives. What is new is the yang to that yin, testimonies of … Continue reading →

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We’re Only Human

Posted on March 4, 2020 by RC

Some time ago I binge watched HBO’s ten part mini-series, Band of Brothers. It was most excellent and I commend it to you. Based on Stephen Ambrose’s book of the same name, the account, based on real persons and events, … Continue reading →

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Lord, Teach Us to Pray

Posted on February 29, 2020 by RC

We’ve all heard the accusation. If God has already determined the future, what is the point of praying? This comes from our evangelical brothers, who, recognizing us as members of that species reformandicus bibliotechus, are looking askance at our pointy … Continue reading →

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Who’s Your Daddy?

Posted on February 27, 2020 by RC

The world, too often with help from the Christian church, is intent on removing from the world all of its wonder. We may see the universe as a plenty amazing machine. But even the most amazing machine is cold to … Continue reading →

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As Luck Would Have It

Posted on February 24, 2020 by RC

Though we often lose sight of this hard reality, our ideas are more tightly bound together than we might think. While we may indeed have an overstock of internal contradictions in the way we look at the world, we in … Continue reading →

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