There is an amazing dearth of imagination in the Christian Church when it comes to things "new." Which, frankly, is amazing. Well, in terms of recent history, maybe not so amazing. In terms of biblical text, however? Really, truly amazing.
We're talking about the God who doesn't just do a...
(86) Comments | Posted March 11, 2013 | 4:19 PM
As the Church continues its slow and laborious downward-turned death spiral, geek culture continues to boom! After just a little thought, it's not hard to see why.
For the sake of transparency, I have a true confessions to make: This minister dabbles in geek culture. "Dabble" may be an...
(388) Comments | Posted February 15, 2013 | 10:45 AM
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I like the idea of Lent. It's interesting to consider that even though Lent is one of...
(3) Comments | Posted January 18, 2013 | 9:02 AM
"The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice," proclaimed the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
It may bend toward justice, but it does not bend gently. It bends behind sweat of the brow, creativity of the mind, and love from the soul of those...
(269) Comments | Posted December 9, 2012 | 9:16 AM
Ah -- I LOVE this time of the year!
Some people wait with bated breath for duck season, some for deer season, but for me it is all about Christmas season. That's right, I'm one of those lefty liberals that have declared a War on Christmas. Yes! Sign me up...
(114) Comments | Posted September 1, 2012 | 9:11 AM
The final entry for Rev. Sandlin's sabbatical series, "Church No More," about stepping away from church.
They say you can never go home again. The thinking being, having left and experienced new things, you have changed and the people back home have continued in their lives just as...
(15) Comments | Posted August 21, 2012 | 7:41 AM
Part five of Rev. Sandlin's sabbatical series, "Church No More," about stepping away from church.
A little over two months ago, I decided I'd spend my three-month sabbatical not going to church, which might seem like a perfectly normal...
(618) Comments | Posted August 4, 2012 | 8:53 AM
Part four of Rev. Sandlin's sabbatical series, "Church No More,"
about stepping away from church.
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I love the Church. I...
(177) Comments | Posted July 17, 2012 | 9:48 PM
Part three of Rev. Sandlin's sabbatical series, "Church No More," about stepping away from church.
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I have a confession. (That's rich, right? A minister confessing.) I have a hard...
(387) Comments | Posted July 10, 2012 | 7:32 AM
Fear will be the death of me. That's what I hear denominations trying to tell us, "Fear will be the death of me." Until today, I've restrained from calling people "homophobic." I've called their laws homophobic, their ideas homophobic, their words homophobic, but never them. So, today I'm coming out...
(39) Comments | Posted June 29, 2012 | 10:12 AM
Part 2 of Rev. Sandlin's sabbatical series, "Church No More," about stepping away from church.
It might be that the thing which concerned me the most about leaving the church was...
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(677) Comments | Posted June 26, 2012 | 11:01 AM
I'm rewriting the old African-American spiritual "Down By the Riverside." (Don't worry. It's Okay. I'm a minister). My new version goes something like this:
Gonna lay down my robe and stole
Down by the Riverside
Down by the Riverside
Down by the Riverside
Gonna lay down...
(7) Comments | Posted March 28, 2013 | 2:13 PM