I received this tweeted response to my last post: halm: @bobmueller ah, so either I am not a Christian, or you haven’t mastered arithmetic. @halm is my brother, and his comment indicates that I probably need to better explain myself.
Faith
Closing a Church
The church we used to attend is closing this week. I know it’s not a surprise to anyone who attended that church. Regular attendance a year ago was in the 20s, and 9 of them had the same last name I do. When we left last fall to answer my wife’s call to another local Read More
Chester
What is it that drives us to anthropomorphize our pets? I suppose to some degree it’s human nature. We’ve been doing it for thousands of years, really. Many of Aesop’s fables revolved around talking animals. Most recently, think of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, or even Margery Williams’ The Velveteen Rabbit. I wonder about that Read More
Of Icons and Idols
Would God really leave us relics of Jesus’ time on Earth?
Ghosts of Christmas Past
December funerals can pretty much suck.