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Disarming the Clobber Passages, #2
Last week in the Wicker Park Grace Movie Group we watched the next 10 minutes of A Fish Out of Water, and talked about the Holiness Codes of Leviticus, and the Romans 1 text which talks about “natural” and “unnatural” sexuality. The Holiness Codes, of which Leviticus 18:22 is a part, gave guidelines to the …
Disarming the Clobber Passages, #1
Last week we started a movie discussion group at Wicker Park Grace, based on the movie Fish Out Of Water. It tells the filmmaker’s story, who came out as a lesbian when she was in college and was rejected by all her Christian friends who told her she was going to go to hell. To …
One Splash for the Creator
I was a bit daunted when I was invited to write a couple of lectionary reflections for the print edition of the Christian Century. One of the weeks I was asked to write about was “Trinity Sunday,” a day when preachers reflect on the Creator/Christ/Holy Spirit triad/unity. It’s so easy to get caught up in …
A last word on Hitchens & god is not Great
I would be much more convinced of Hitchens' arguments if his book was about "How Fear Poisons Everything, even Religion." Or maybe, "How Shame Poisons Everything."