Holiness Reeducation

  Lenten Reflection Day 26 We are far enough into lent now that most people I talk to are very tired of Lent. They are tired of all the confession and discipline. They are ready for the joy of Easter. I am definately feeling the Lenten burn. Today I have been mulching. I mean really […]

Parishoners at this Church of the Nazarene were tired of their church being broken into. So they started sleeping there with baseball bats. This article tells about what happened next. I guess we should be thankful, if this church was in Texas they probably would have been packing some firearms instead of baseball bats. I […]

Lenten Reading Day 25: Luke 15 The Prodigal Son Rediscovering Home Home was a place of innocence A place where there was no danger Free from the constant threats of a culture bent on shaping me in its image But, as you grow older home lessens In its protection and its appeal Seeking to make […]

There is now a website that will sell you a Bush fish. This is an Ichthus, an ancient Christian symbol now relegated to the trunks of cars everywhere, with Bush’s name in the middle. How could someone make or sell these fish and not see it as total blasphemy. It is the definition of blasphemy. […]

Thanks to Loren for the link to this article about a group called the Wesleyan Holiness Study Project. This is a group of churches that all are part of the Holiness Movement that have come together to find better unity and to reclaim much of the holiness theology that marked the early days of the […]

Reading: Numbers 21:4-9 The lectionary text for yesterday included one of my favorite stories in the Bible, the story of snake on a stick. No, it isn't another cooking recipe from Leviticus; instead it is a story with a strange connection to the Gospel. In the text, the Israelites begin to complain and turn against […]

Today, instead of reflecting on a passage, I am reflecting on my Lenten experience the past three weeks. I have always loved Lent, but haven’t always fully participated in it. Growing up in a tradition where anything about the church calendar or liturgy was completely foreign, I never understood the power of Lent. I always […]

We are on the verge of the 2nd glorious weekend of March Madness and I have yet to talk about it, unbelievable. Here are some thoughts from the games thus far. The old adage about not trusting the upset Conference tournament winners has proved right once again. Syracuse, Xavier, and Kansas all dropped by the […]

Reading: John 3:17-21   What is it about the dark? Why does the amount of light we have change how we behave so drastically? Think about the differences in people’s actions at night verses during the day. At night every sound we hear can be strange in terrifying. At night, people look scarier. At night […]

Reading: 2 Peter 1:16-19   Peter’s witness to the transfiguration is an interesting contrast to his participation in the event. In this passage Peter has gone from the bumbling, not sure what to say, awe from seeing Christ’s glory, to a powerful witness to of that glory. The gospel that Peter has presented to his […]