Are consultants evil?

One of my stronger half baked opinions:  Much of what's wrong with the world is caused by consultants.  You know a church is in big trouble when they hire a consultant to tell them how to attract customers.

I LIKE LENT

I have subscribed to Bishop Barron's daily Lenten meditations and I'll listen to his take on the traditional "Last seven words of Christ." Feel free to tell me I need to outgrow all that childish religious stuff. 

Still in the oven

Before you get bent out of shape about anything you read here, , kindly note that it's my half baked opinions.  I claim nothing more.  If you care to respond with your own half  baked opinions, I might answer.  But only if it can be a friendly exchange.  No silly pointless arguments or preaching please.  OK? Get your own blog to do that.  If you have one, feel free to link to it.  I might reply if I can think of something profound to say. 

Cool Church

Matthew Fox...what an interesting fellow.  No, not the actor.  The priest, if he still is one since the Vatican told him top shut up and behave himself. He says the way to save the Church from extinction is get rid of the pews and dance to deejay music.  He calls it a Cosmic Mass.

WHY DO I WRITE THIS?

Do I grind out this blog to inspire, inform, convince anybody of anything?  Nope. It's here for the same reason the other four blogs are around here someplace.  I like to write, I like to read the stuff I write and religion/spirituality in its many forms is one of the things I like to write about.  That is all.

Lots of prayin' goin' on

Do I pray?  Sure.  A lot.  Sometimes quite fervently. I feel no need to talk about it on Facebook or here. I like that Bible passage in the King James Version that says do it in your closet.  Newer versions say "room" but I'm quite comfortable praying in a closet.

BIG GOOFY NOISE

Militant atheists making lots of noise about  all religion being a man made fairy tale are just as goofy as militant fundamentalists making big noise about everything in the Bible being literally true.