Posted in Whatever on July 24th, 2007 No Comments »
The Connected Christianity crew has been trying to get our new-ish blog up to speed and it occurred to us (actually, it occurred to John Hobbins) that it would be nice to introduce ourselves. Since I’m the veteran blogger on the team (boy, that’s a scary thought!), I’ll go first.
I’m a proud father of a […]
Posted in Whatever on July 24th, 2007 No Comments »
Should Christians read Harry Potter novels? If the writer at the Adversaria blog is right, it should practically be a moral duty to do so:
The pre-Christian world was full of dark, enclosed spaces for Boggarts to hide. People were plagued and tyrannized by fear, held in its bondage. Satan played with people’s imaginations, holding them […]
Posted in Connectivity on July 23rd, 2007 1 Comment »
The seventh Christian Reconciliation Carnival will be held here next month. Please send me your blog submissions (yours or someone else’s) at christianreconciliationcarnival@yahoo.com on any topic pertaining to Christians playing nice with each other. (Read the full submission guidelines)
This month’s special topic is “Almost Persuaded.” I’m challenging Carnival participants to confess something they admire about […]
Posted in Disconnected! on July 11th, 2007 No Comments »
Protestants (and no doubt the Orthodox) are, obviously, disappointed with Pope Benedict’s recent reaffirmation of longstanding Catholic doctrine that, apart from communion with the Bishop of Rome, their faith communities are defective or inferior. As I stated a while back in a different context:
I’m not sure either Catholicism or Orthodoxy can make room in its […]