Monthly Archives: April 2012

April 22, 2012 · 2:14 pm

A response to the “Unanswerable” Question from MoveOn.org

This is my first, and probably last political post. I do have opinions, probably not hard to predict, but I believe I have very little to add to the discussion. I would not now, except that a  friend of mine posted the following link on Facebook, but in a form where Facebook does not provide for a comment.

The link proposes the “unanswerable” question of why, if “trickle-down” economics works, do the top 1% need even more wealth before they create jobs.

So as much as it pains me to post something from MoveOn.org, here it is again.

http://front.moveon.org/the-one-question-that-will-stump-all-your-republican-friends/#.T5P-xlM35-4.facebook

“Guaranteed to stump all your conservative friends!” claims MoveOn.org.  Continue reading →

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April 16, 2012 · 8:54 am

On the upper room, peace, and scars

Very interesting message this past week from the Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, Bishop of Texas (Episcopal). Now, having participated (on the losing side) in some minor ways in the recent wars of the Episcopal Church, I am not automatically receptive to most bishops, including my own. But here I think Bp Doyle got it exactly right:

He was preaching from John 20:19-26, The post-resurrection appearance of Jesus to the disciples in the upper room. Continue reading →

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April 14, 2012 · 6:26 pm

Postscript: it’s OK

Well, I am smarting a bit, but I have discovered another of the benefits of really embracing a doctrine of depravity – the idea contained in one of the earlier prayer books of my tradition that “…there is no health in (me).”   I have re-discovered the comfort in this idea. There are of course many benefits to owning this –certainly the fact that Jesus came to save and heal such is at the heart of all. But specifically today I have in view the fact that it makes me darn hard to insult. Continue reading →

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April 6, 2012 · 4:40 am

Meditation on Good Friday

Because today is Good Friday, I’ve decided to change the date and bring this post forward. It was originally written in 2007.

I had been pondering a part of the creed little used in the branch of the Church I grew up in: “He descended into hell” particularly in connection with Jesus’ words from the cross “it is finished” and “Into thy hands I commend my spirit.”

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