To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no [...]
Aug
29
Philadelphia – a New Name (The Seven Cities of Revelation, Part II)
Category: Hebrew Context, Lessons, Religion/Philosophy |
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Aug
28
Banned from ‘Slice’ & Excommunicated from ‘Church of Ken’
Category: Legalism, Religion/Philosophy, Responses to Slice |
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I’ve officially been ‘banned’ from commenting at ‘Slice’.
Aug
24
Blogging While Rome Burns! Ingrid Schlueter: “There’s a Time to Blog and That Time is Now”
Category: Responses to Slice, Satire |
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Do not read this if you can’t understand Satire…
Aug
24
The Lessons of Laodicea (The Seven Cities of Revelation, Part I)
Category: Hebrew Context, Lessons, Religion/Philosophy |
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To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about [...]
Aug
23
Christopher Lee Sings!
Category: Arts & Culture |
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What!?!
I loved him in Lord of the Rings, Sleepy Hollow, Willy Wonka, and even his old stuff but hmmmm… singing? They started taking pre-orders today, but I’m leery of spending actual dollars on this.
I guess the first thing that popped into my mind was Leonard Nimoy singing the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins…
Aug
23
What exactly is with these people who “see” pictures of Jesus or the Virgin Mary in every day objects?
Today, it’s an ultrasound. Last week it was a (I’m not making this up) drip pan on a George Foreman grill. Last year it was Our Lady of the Underpass. The year before it was the 10-year-old [...]
Aug
22
Takin’ a Slice off the fairway (or, My afternoon with Chuck Manson)
Category: Legalism, Religion/Philosophy, Responses to Slice |
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Just when you thought things couldn’t get any weirder with the back-and-forth between myself, John & others and Slice, along comes Rev Ken’s post today and it’s Slice stub. Today’s rantings and their mandatory non-critical “amen chorus” in the comments section of Slice once again prove my axiom that people shouldn’t bother to review/recommend/criticize books/music/speeches [...]
Aug
21
What in the world is the ‘Emergent Church’?
Category: Emergent Church, Religion/Philosophy |
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This is a question I am hearing more often, and from people with whom I don’t normally get into deep discussionsAs I’ve tried to come up with a ‘regular’ answer to the question, I find it a bit problematic. So – it seems like a perfect topic to tackle – though I’ve had to draft [...]
Aug
18
Judging or Discerning?
Category: Legalism, Misuse of Scripture, Moral Dilemmas, Religion/Philosophy, Responses to Slice |
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For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Aug
17
The Amazing Mechanical Turk!
Category: Technogeek |
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‘Honey, can you take out the trash?’
‘I’ll get to it in a bit, sweetheart, I’ll be turking ’til 4…’










