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A Plea For Gathering Together In Time, or, Disconnected

Posted on June 10, 2020 by RC

The rumbles have already begun, between churches and states, churches and churches, church members and other church members. There has been no Olly, Olly oxen free opening all churches of all sizes in all jurisdictions. There has been increasing impatience … Continue reading →

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The Sky Has Fallen

Posted on June 6, 2020 by RC

It probably says more about what defines our moments, the television, than the moments themselves, that we keep multiplying defining moments. For my parents’ generation, it was the death of John F. Kennedy. Everyone remembers where they first heard, or … Continue reading →

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Conquering the World

Posted on June 5, 2020 by RC

Thomas Aquinas was a great gift to the church. He stands among the greatest minds the world has ever known. Which doesn’t mean, of course, that he did not have his flaws. One of which goes to the heart of … Continue reading →

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Who is God? or, Doing Theology Proper(ly)

Posted on June 3, 2020 by RC

God bless the Westminster Shorter Catechism. Created by and during the Westminster Assembly that also gave us a Larger Catechism and the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Shorter Catechism is a monument to orthodoxy married to concision. I cut my … Continue reading →

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His Obedient Life

Posted on May 30, 2020 by RC

Everybody loves Jesus. Marxists love Jesus, because He was such a radical revolutionary. Unitarians love Jesus, because He befriended the social outcasts. Liberals love Jesus because, well, because He was liberal. Even some conservatives love Jesus, because He was so … Continue reading →

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Juggling Words

Posted on May 29, 2020 by RC

I know how to juggle. I’m no professional. Not even a gifted amateur. Just competent. I’m a better juggling teacher than I am a juggler. Because I learned this and learned it well- juggling is the art of throwing something … Continue reading →

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The Magic of Music

Posted on May 27, 2020 by RC

CS Lewis, in his trenchant essay, Myth Made Fact makes much of the fact that our hearts and minds tend to be binary. That is, the more clearly we are thinking the less powerfully we are feeling, while the more … Continue reading →

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Don’t Look Back

Posted on May 23, 2020 by RC

As a grade school child my conception of cool included too tight silk shirts, and blue jeans with more flair than Liberace. I even had my very own polyester jumpsuit. I looked like a cross between Howdy Doody and Elvis, … Continue reading →

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Peace in the Valley

Posted on May 22, 2020 by RC

There is not just a valley but a deep chasm that separates what we know and what we feel. David, a soul so profoundly attuned to God’s own Spirit that God called him a man after His own heart, who … Continue reading →

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Google All the Way- Using Technology for Good

Posted on May 20, 2020 by RC

Al Gore says he invented it. Microsoft Explorer discovered it. AOL mailed it in. But Google gave the internet legs. It serves as the road map that makes the information superhighway navigable. Google helps you find stuff, which means, sadly, … Continue reading →

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