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As I write, I am sitting in a sunny room in my mother-in-law’s home in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Yes, it’s not often one can put “sunny” and “Scotland” in the same sentence.) I confess to some reluctance to leaving the house … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, climate, ethics, morality, Paris, religion, Trump
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Pig in a Poke
When I arrived to serve First Presbyterian Church of Tallahassee in 1985, Florida was coming down with a bad case of lottery fever. Both conservative Christian groups and the liberal-leaning Florida Council of Churches opposed the establishment of a state-run … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, church, culture, ethics, first presbyterian church, gambling, gaming, lottery, mainline churches, polities, presbyterian, public, witness
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Courage Today
My son Adam gave me the new biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Eric Metaxas for my birthday. At 542 pages, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy made for good reading at the beach following Christmas. As Metaxas guided me through those … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, ethics, first presbyterian church, witness
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