(At least, any others made invisible were already invisible when we got there, and so we had never seen them to know that they had been made invisible before we got there.)
Author: Sir Rhodri
What Season now
Moving from Upstate New York to Western Missouri has dislocated me in my seasons, after 25 years it still hasn't settled. Growing up, Labor Day meant frost any moment. each day was an extra growing day until frost. But here in Kansas City, we usually have two or three more months where things might grow. … Continue reading What Season now
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False Police Report
I would be a lot better off if I could be vindictive or spiteful, because I have so much to be so about. Pastor Edd Wunderlich of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church is just one more pastor who has taken my loyalty and trust and stabbed me in the back with it. And yet I still … Continue reading False Police Report
Church Inc. is Church Ltd.
The Church as a business and organization has GOT to stop. Someone should not come to church and ask for help with a spiritual matter, and find that the church staff or members first consider its purported impact on the church itself, and promise to help the suppliant with their issue, but only respond with … Continue reading Church Inc. is Church Ltd.
Life Verse Suggestion #1
For those Christians hip enough (boy, is that an out of date expression, "hip") to go in for the "Life Verse" sort of thing, may I recommend that you take seriously the consideration of Matthew 5:11. But more than that, use Matthew 10:36 as your supporting verse. And then interpret the whole thing thinking about … Continue reading Life Verse Suggestion #1
The Road to Libertarian Theology
You shouldn’t see and experience exactly the things I do, so we can also learn from each other, but we both should come to know enough about Him (God) to recognize when someone is faking it, telling us things about Him that aren’t true, not because they aren’t stated precisely the same way we say … Continue reading The Road to Libertarian Theology
Anniversary
Jasini and I celebrated 28 years together today. It was sort of like the friendship flower garden I have out front. We went over to a friend's house and took her tomatoes and had a wonderful discussion about gardens, our lives, the gifts of God and the freedom of our lives that he's given us. … Continue reading Anniversary
What’s Black and White and Smelled All Over?
It certainly isn't the skunks at Worlds of Fun. Tonight I saw two of the more than 10 skunks verified to be at the park, and have seen several of them over the course of the past several weeks, but I have yet to smell one of them (phew!) The skunks are in several places … Continue reading What’s Black and White and Smelled All Over?
Deja vu all over again?
We have been betrayed by church after church, and finally wonder if we dare say anything at the latest refuge we have found, or if doing so will make it another place of betrayal. I cannot believe it of these people, and yet irrational fear casts its shadow over my contemplations. For even if the … Continue reading Deja vu all over again?