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The Faithful Skeptic: God's Politics??
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Tuesday, June 07, 2005. I’m almost embarrassed to admit it, but the most exciting thing that happened to me this week was that the world now knows who Deep Throat was! The second text that Sarah read this morning refers to God’s promise to Abraham. The beginning of that reading starts For the promise that he would inherit the world Paul here is referring to Genesis 12 I’m going to read verses 1 3. But Jesus preached a message of peace, compassion and contrition. We see this message in the Hebrew Bibl...
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The Faithful Skeptic: 01/01/2004 - 02/01/2004
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Thursday, January 01, 2004. My name is Brian and I live in the Portland (Oregon) Metro area. I'm a dedicated, if not slightly disgruntled, government employee. I'm husband to Sarah. And doormat to Gus. Our cats). My family and I are active members of the Aloha United Methodist Church. In the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference. Of the United Methodist Church. I'm actually the Lay Leader, though I'm still trying to figure out what that means. Why The Faithful Skeptic. At least some of the answer is here.
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The Faithful Skeptic: Godless America
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Wednesday, June 08, 2005. I listened to a great program on NPR. Tonight - it was " Godless America. From This American Life. Who apparently was on SNL, does a bit from her one-woman play called "Letting Go of God." It was great. It felt exactly like where I've been over the last year. Anyway, I highly recommend it. Posted by Brian @ 9:11 PM. Father Jake Stops the World. The truth about social security! Its tough being a Christian sometimes. A word from our sponsors.
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The Faithful Skeptic: 12/01/2004 - 01/01/2005
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Tuesday, December 14, 2004. I'm taking a bit of a blogging sabbatical this Advent season. But I'll be here now and then. As I've mentioned before, I work for a law enforcement agency. We have a program where we have several chaplains on-call who are available to respond to people who've just experienced tragedy in their life. It is a great idea. Refusing to cooperate with an effort to bring on Jewish or Muslim clergy so we can be responsive to all members of our community,. Posted by Brian @ 8:29 AM.
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The blog of Richard Hall, a Methodist Minister in Shropshire. Philip Larkin (b. 9 August 1922): “Love”. August 9, 2016. 8220;The accurate articulation of unhappiness was his trademark, and the wretchedness of life was his inspiration.”. 8211; Simon Parke. The difficult part of love. Is being selfish enough,. Is having the blind persistence. To upset an existence. Just for your own sake. What cheek it must take. And then the unselfish side –. How can you be satisfied,. Putting someone else first. Now I gi...
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The Faithful Skeptic: Moving!!
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Friday, July 15, 2005. Lead, I'm abandoning Blogger and moving to Wordpress with my own url. You can find The Faithful Skeptic from now on at: blog.brianpdx.net. Posted by Brian @ 10:06 PM. At 12/13/2012 11:38 PM. Somebody essentially lend a hand to make seriously posts Id state. This is the very first time I frequented your web page and up to now? I amazed with the analysis you made to create this particular put up extraordinary. Wonderful task! African mango plus ingredients. Father Jake Stops the World.
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The Faithful Skeptic: Of mice and men...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005. Of mice and men. What I've concluded from this is that most rodents are smarter than I am. Bummer for me. Posted by Brian @ 9:51 PM. Father Jake Stops the World. The truth about social security! Its tough being a Christian sometimes. A word from our sponsors. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
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The Faithful Skeptic: Community
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Wednesday, March 23, 2005. Second, most people don't live near their church. Or probably more importantly, we don't choose our churches based primarily on physical proximity. Sarah and I live closer to our church than most of the people we worship with - in fact our pastor lives probably 15 miles away. I don't mean this as criticism - rather, it is indicative of the fact that our community is based on something other than physical proximity. But now, we're not bound to be friends with our neighbors becau...
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The Faithful Skeptic: Community & Outreach
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Friday, March 25, 2005. Made some good points about my discussion of community. He pointed out that our connection to community goes beyond just church growth, but also includes social outreach. I totally agree, but I want to explore some other dynamics that go along with that. So if that's the case, what is our congregational response? Do we just say, "Cool! Let us know if we can help you? Or, "That's great, but you need to be involved with the particular missions of this church." Or? I think the challe...
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The Faithful Skeptic: 11/01/2004 - 12/01/2004
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Monday, November 29, 2004. The world can be a pretty crappy place. I now work for a police agency and so I get to hear all sorts of wild stories. Some of them are pretty interesting, but one today was very sad. Our detectives are on the verge of breaking up a large, local prostitution ring. Their big break was when one of the prostitutes was sent to the hospital by her pimp. What is America to this girl? What is the American dream to a 16 year old girl supporting herself through prostitution? I'd like to...
