Posts from the Blog of an (un)Tamed Cynic
Like many people, I couldn’t believe my eyes last week when I first saw the controversial Time magazine cover about attachment parenting. When I showed it to my wife, she had an immediately negative reaction, especially when I explained that the boy in the picture is nearly four years old. But as I played Devil’s [...]
Reading: 1 Corinthians 7:25-31 Reflection It’s no easy thing for 21st century people of faith to consult religious writings from the first century on matters of sexual ethics—or any ethics for that matter. It doesn’t take much historical digging to conclude that the social, political, and religious contexts of these two time periods are very [...]
Every morning, Monday through Friday, there is a prayer service at Fourth Church. We read scriptures from the daily lectionary, read the day’s story from the PC(USA) Mission Yearbook, and pray for members of our community and beyond. Today, one of the suggested psalms was Psalm 5, which today’s leader read once as in lectio [...]
An ice breaker I often use to begin a Bible class is to ask the group to share with each other their earliest Bible memories. I used this tonight for a new Bible study the pastoral staff at Fourth Church is leading as the congregation reads through the Bible this year. To get the ball [...]
My congregation, Fourth Presbyterian Church, is reading through the Bible in 2012. I’m thrilled that we are using the Common English Bible. The reading plan is not too demanding—3 chapter each day—and the CEB will make it even better. You can read about Fourth Church’s endeavor here: Reading the Bible in a Year. Be sure [...]
