John Ashcroft's resistance to the wiretapping program put forth by the White House is a classically Pentecostal way of approaching a problem: strictly by the book, no matter how unhappy it makes people. Pentecostal churches are best known for exuberant worship, but are have been traditional centres for very strict legalism. Ashcroft's Assemblies of God …
Who Shall Spread the Good News: Doxology/The Lord’s Prayer
The series continues with the Doxology and the Lord's Prayer. Click here for more information.
The More We Do, the Worse It Gets
A little while back, the following was noted in the piece The Trouble with Americans Negotiating: Basically, Americans look at negotiating with Iran, Syria or anyone else the same way they do business deals: the negotiators go in, they apply whatever skills they have at “doing the deal,” but they get the deal done. Failing …
The Charismatic Nature of Anglicanism
In the midst of everything else going on here, I received an interesting comment on my piece Charismatic Anglicans: The Missing Link: I used to be a Lutheran who was sort of involved with the charismatic movement before coming to Canada. I became very discouraged with my church. I recently joined an Anglican Church in …
Clarifying Positions (Maybe)
I have a few answers of my own to Liam's response to my last piece on the subject of gay marriage and adoption. I have, thus far, understood Don to be advocating that homosexuals be excluded from marriages recognized by the state (i.e., civil marriages.) If that is not the case, then my efforts have …
Who Shall Spread the Good News: Anaphora/Acclamation
The "Mass portion" of this album continues with the Anaphora and the Acclamation. It is taken from Eucharistic Prayer III. Click here for more information.
Back and Forth on Marriage
Liam's response to my question is interesting: Much as in religious marriage, it is absolutely forbidden by law to engage in a civil marriage unless the parties involved genuinely and demonstrably love each other... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Just kidding. The truth is that, much as in religious marriage, the answer to that question depends upon who is …
More Hard Questions for the Left Coast
Earlier this week I responded to some email satire about gay marriage, adoption and other related issues. Sure enough, I got an email answer, but, in a sign of progress, now same answer is posted on his blog. Now that this debate can be pursued on a blog-to-blog basis, in reading Liam's response there one …
You Can’t Fix a Problem by Denying It Exists
Ruby Payne's work on effectively interfacing with and helping students from the lower income levels has brought the expected howls of indignation from her colleagues. But the truth is that this is the absolutely most explosive issue in the U.S. today, which is why no one wants to discuss it. Let's look at this from …
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Gradualism: An Historical Consideration
For a long time historians have unfolded their narratives without worrying about setting up a chronological punctuation, without the need of pausing at a major stopping point. When the concept of medaevalism was imposed on general consciousness--it has only been a century--the dogma of evolution, of the continual and slow transformation of nature and of …
Positive Infinity 