The Duggers? Don't ask/

Reason #457 why I would not want t be a clergyperson.  Questions like "What do you think about the Duggars?"  I would get in trouble by answering "What do you think?  You should make up you own mind." That's not the kind of answer folks want from the preacher.

Facebook Prayerbook

Facebook looks like a big prayer meeting. Members are asking for prayers and getting  nice  responses all the time.  I hope this does not sound too terribly snide and snarky. That is my style.  But just this once I don't mean it that way. I like praying. It  is  good thing.  You can pray for me any time, even if you pray for me to come around to your way of thinking. But my prayer life is nobody's business.  I won't talk about in on Facebook or anyplace else.

The other "F" word

The grand old word "Faith" is taking a beating lately. It's tossed around pretty loosely. You can  believe anything you want to or nothing at all if that's your preference and still be a person of faith and a member of a faith community.  That is weird.

Robert Schuller. Let him R.I.P.

I feel sad about the late Robert Schuller of Crystal Cathedral fame.  His squabbling family should shut up, bury the hatchet and let him rest in peace.

Holy person of God

We never got over that old double standard ... the notion that clergy should somehow be holier, wiser and more loving than the rest of us and not capable of doing dumb, stupid unethical and immoral things. Clergypersons are wonderfully and terribly human.  So let's give them a break for the human part, OK?

FACEBOOK RELIGION

There's a lot of religious B.S. and baloney on Facebook.  So what's the difference between that and what I publish here? Not much.  Only difference is I admit that mine is half-baked mutterings.  Which is just a creative way of saying B.S. and baloney.
 
Unlikely as it might be that you are reading this and even less probable that you give a rodent's rump or a cleric's collar about my Good Friday reminiscent musings... it's the next post.

GOOD FRIDAY BACK IN THE DAY

Good Friday was a big thing in the 30s and 40s.  A great many businesses closed from noon until three.  Churches of various denominations joined together for a three hour service featuring Good Friday sermons by three of the town's leading clergy.  Some of that still happens but not on the scale of how it was done back there.
Some cities carried the service on radio.  In Detroit the Fox Theater was the site for a big service and the entire three hours were broadcast on a major radio station each year. I still remember listening to the grand oratory, choir singing and organist Ole Foerch playing the Fox Theater Wurlitzer.  The Good Friday observance was that important.
That wouldn't work today.  A merchant who closed during that period would probably be charged with injecting personal faith into the business, not acceptable in today's multicultural society.  And Atheists would demand equal air time. Oh well. for us old folks it's a treasured memory.