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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 Bit of History — 2003 TV show
Back in 2003, the first full year that I was working as a minister in Wicker Park, I was interviewed for a “Spiritual Journey” segment on a Chicago TV show called 30 Good Minutes. In the video I tell the story of my separation from Christianity as a teenager, and years later feeling welcomed at …
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."