July 2006



Disowning Conservative Politics, Evangelical Pastor Rattles Flock

Sunday, 30 July 2006 7:12 A GMT-06
I am glad that some pastors are becoming aware of the need to separate from AMERICANISM.  I have long been distrubed by the typical church set up, with a pulpit and an American flag directly behind it.  Do I get my authority from the flag o
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What if God never intended Christians to be uniform?

Thursday, 20 July 2006 5:48 A GMT-06
We always are saddened that there are so many different types of Churches professing Jesus but what if that is actually part of God's plan?
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Is Emerging Church just a Fad? Or is the ancient future concept of church here to stay?

Tuesday, 18 July 2006 10:10 P GMT-06
Well, I for one hope the emerging church is here to stay. If I have to experience another boomer seeker service, I may forgo church forever.  I mean, the boomer stuff was new and exciting 20 YEARS AGO.  Hey, its history. Time for the c
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Women gaining greater recognition as Pastors, comments on a Women Clergy Article

Tuesday, 18 July 2006 9:58 P GMT-06
You know, I have never had a non-Christian think that a woman pastor was strange. Matter of fact, it makes sense to those outside the church because women are perceived as more caring.  This article neglects to mention Sharon Watkins, who leads
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Win $1 million dollars if you vote in AZ- or how to weed out the true fundamentalist vote

Monday, 17 July 2006 6:02 A GMT-06
A proposal to award $1 million in every general election to one lucky resident, chosen by lottery, simply for voting — no matter for whom — has qualified for the November ballot. NY TIMES ARTICLE (you may have to register to see the artic
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Advisory from the Episcopal DIocese of Los Angeles --"Open Hearted, Open Minded Christianity"

Sunday, 16 July 2006 3:37 P GMT-06
by The Right Reverend J. Jon Bruno and The Reverend Bryan Jones In recent years the Episcopal Church has acted from a firm foundation of biblical, historic faith, not on “whatever the liberal elements of secular society deempermissible or polit
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Real Christians Don’t Gay Bash by the Rev. Jim Rigby

Sunday, 16 July 2006 6:07 A GMT-06
This piece is used by permission of the author------- Real Christians Don’t Gay Bash by the Rev. Jim Rigby Progressive Christians tend to be nonjudgmental and to feel that challenging the intolerance of others is itself intolerant. For that
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No T shirts, No CD sales, Just Rob Bell in OKC at the Diamond Ballroom

Saturday, 15 July 2006 10:10 A GMT-06
Rob Bell "EVERYTHING IS SPIRITUAL TOUR" Oklahoma City
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Open-Heart surgery-- A reflection on the process ...

Friday, 14 July 2006 5:45 A GMT-06
I was fortunate to participate in a study on how the presence of a Chaplain affects the staff during surgery.  I was allowed to witness an open heart surgery. I was scrubbed up and for most of the surgery stood above the patient's head so I coul
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Sacraments and Meaning

Thursday, 13 July 2006 5:23 A GMT-06
We are having an odd week at the hospital. A certain wing on a certain floor has had an unusual amount of deaths and it has the nurses spooked.  It took us protestant Chaplains a bit to understand what the nurses were requesting.  They want
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Prisoner honors U.S. Veterans

Thursday, 13 July 2006 5:08 A GMT-06
I was touched yesterday when we received a small package of crosses that were finely knotted out of cotten string.  It seems that an inmate at the prison made them from a pair of his socks and he wanted US Veterans to receive the crosses. 
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Julius Caesar Quote

Wednesday, 12 July 2006 7:06 P GMT-06
July 12 is the birthday of Julius Caesar born in Rome around 100 B.C., who said, "Beware the leader who bangs the drum of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor.For patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword.It both emboldens
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Dalai Lama's Situation Similar to what some Christian Pastors are facing

Tuesday, 11 July 2006 6:04 A GMT-06
This weekend the family and I watched the movie "Kundun" which is the biography of the Dalai Lama's life up to the time he went into exile in India.  So, it was with interested I read this story in the Washington Post http://www.washin
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Speaking of Tech Support Hell, Cingular OVERCHARGED Me $2500.00 on my Cell Phone Bill

Monday, 10 July 2006 9:14 P GMT-06
Cingular Charges Oklahoma Pastor $2500 for data Cell Phone Usage and Refuses to Acknowledge their mistake
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Striking terror in a woman's heart-- Breast Cancer

Friday, 7 July 2006 6:36 P GMT-06
You know, we see pink everywhere as people try to raise awareness of breast cancer.   My mother in law is a survivor of breast cancer.  My grandmother died from breast cancer.  As a little girl, not really understanding the r
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What ever happened to Independence Day?

Friday, 7 July 2006 5:58 P GMT-06
So, as clergy, it may be politically incorrect to be patriotic.  At least it may be for mainline clergy anyway.  I remember the first year I was a pastor. I spent time in each member's home collecting service photos.  Every man in my e
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