Category: Thoughts on the Church

  • Watch This Twice

    I was looking online at contemporary Christian music and I ran across this skit that was performed to a song that I know and like called “Never Alone” (by BarlowGirl).  I have to admit that this skit seemed dark and ill-conceived at first.  I’m really glad I chose to watch the whole thing! This skit is about […]

  • Santa Clarita UMC Video

    A friend asked that I post a video from preaching at Santa Clarita UMC on Sunday the 28th of December (that’s 2008 folks).  So here’s the video.  It’s long, so plan on spending around 25 minutes here.  The first part of the video is my arrangement of “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” followed by […]

  • Sodom & Gomorrah

    I recently finished a paper on the biblical story of Sodom & Gomorrah.  I wanted to post it here because it’s been used recently and often as a way to marginalize the gay population, and I think it’s a bastardization of the text (at best!) and a completely inappropriate use of God’s word.  I offer it […]