If all the churches decide that that only way to keep the doors open is to declare themselves "Not your grandfather's church," where does grandfather go to church?
If they keep the doors open as "Church for people that don't like church," where do people that like church go?
Half baked mutterings about churches and church people. I like churches and church people. Is that weird or something? WARNING! Sarcasm ahead
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
GOOD OLD METHODISTS
I remain kinda pleased that I was brung up many many decades ago in what was then a liberal Methodist Church. That was even before the Methodists got United! Way back there the L word meant something quite different from what it does today. It wasn't a particular theological, political or social position. It just meant you are free to think for yourself.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
TROUBLE AT EWTN
I used to watch the EWTN Catholic channel a lot. I liked feisty old Mother Angelica. Now she and the network she founded are charged with teaching heresy, naughty priest Father Corapi has apparently quit the prirsthood and become a biker and internet personality, "Black Sheepdog." Father Groeschel took himself off and all hell breaks loose.I really liked Father Groeschel a lot. He understood the real world. I am not happy that he's in trouble for suggesting that hormonally supercharged young people can seduce older men. He's right. How sad that he had to apologize and take himself off the air for speaking the truth. I believe Mother Angelica is still with us, severely disabled by strokes. I hope she is not aware of all the stuff going on. And I'm not even Catholic.
Update:Corapi's internet presence has been taken down amidst speculation that he might go back to the priest business or who knows what. Stay tuned for this fascinating saga of the sacred and profane.
One more update. Or question or whatever it is: Is Scott Hahn still on ? EWTN? Former militant anti-Catholic preacher, now militant Catholic. Most memorable line: "All Prots go to hell." Who needs late night TV for entertainment.
Update:Corapi's internet presence has been taken down amidst speculation that he might go back to the priest business or who knows what. Stay tuned for this fascinating saga of the sacred and profane.
One more update. Or question or whatever it is: Is Scott Hahn still on ? EWTN? Former militant anti-Catholic preacher, now militant Catholic. Most memorable line: "All Prots go to hell." Who needs late night TV for entertainment.
TO HEAVEN OR HELL AND BACK
Going to heaven or hell and coming back to write a book about it is a big thing lately. I counted four of them in the book store, one written by a kid. If that happened to me and God told me to come back and tell my story, would I do it? I guess I would. Who am I to argue with God. I will believe those books when it does happen to me. Pardon my cynicism, but I'd like to know how much of the money that's made from those books goes to good works.
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