A Mending Shift

a bird sings, not because if has an answer to give, but because it has a song to sing … this is my song

“Gay Marriage Will Destroy My Religion”

| March 9, 2009

Share At least that is what one lady said and probably many more believe. Let me start with some background. In California, the battle over same-sex marriage is still being fought. Last November, Prop 8 was put on the ballet to overturn an earlier court decision to allow same-sex marriages in California. After the state-wide [...]

Idolatry

| November 13, 2008

Share I just heard this really good definition of Idolatry: Idolatry is making a good thing the ultimate thing. Wow. So two questions come to mind. What things in America have become idols? What things in Christendom have become idols?

Are You in the Ministry?

| November 5, 2008

Share This is a question I still get asked when I run into people who knew me when I was a paid, professional pastor. The conversation usually goes like this: “Jeromy, how are you doing?” “I’m doing good, and yourself?” “Oh, we’re fine. What have you been up to? Are you still in the ministry?” [...]

AD313 – What a Difference a Year Makes

| December 18, 2007

Share What a difference a year makes. In AD313 (the Edict of Milan), the church went from an underground, marginalized group of people centered around the way and person of Jesus Christ, to an institution fully supported by the culture around it. Constantine, the Roman Emperor at the time, declared Christianity the official state religion [...]