Dictionaries are usually considered terrible places to go for theological or spiritual definitions and this is another case. The picture of all the dictionaries was chosen because I like books, including dictionaries, and I own at least two of the books pictured. So if I’m not going to go to a dictionary for a definition […]
Now we’re talking religion
I know, I know, I know. The two things you are never supposed to talk about are money and religion. I’m not sure what I have to say about money that anyone might want to hear but I do have a few things to say about religion. Interestingly, the older I get the fewer things […]
Religion or true religion?
This Sunday I made a superficial attempt to rehabilitate the words “religion” and “religious” from their negative connotations. I say superficial because what I actually wanted to do is to remind all of us what “true” religion actually is. James has some very explicit instructions about how we are to behave and a counter-cultural definition […]