Trinity College, Dublin, March 2013 When we moved back to the Toledo area in 2020, one thing I was excited about was finishing my bachelors degree at the University of Toledo. Personally, it has been a bit embarrassing that it has taken almost fifteen years to do so, and has been a point of shame … Continue reading In Factis Pax (In Knowledge [there is] Peace)
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Ashes to Ashes
Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com This was originally going to be part two of my Jesus and the Baptism for the Forgiveness of Sins Part Deux, but since tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, I thought I'd give myself a break and write about that instead. I was up late last night working on it and I … Continue reading Ashes to Ashes
A Reconstructed Doxology (but not really)
This post late, and shorter than normal. This past Sunday the church I worked for kicked off our second service. It went well, but was honestly a bit of a nightmare to get going. This was something that we had been planning for a few months, and as it goes quite a few things started … Continue reading A Reconstructed Doxology (but not really)
People’s History: Discipleship
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com As I have been back working in the church for the past year, one of the things that keeps coming up in conversations is discipleship. It is one of those words that can be said by any number of Christians and have a very different meaning each time it may … Continue reading People’s History: Discipleship
People’s History: Justice
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Pexels.com A number of years ago I was introduced to the concept of justice as a concept of, "how the world should be not how the world actually works." I can't say for sure if I had read that, or if it had come out from a conversation with my … Continue reading People’s History: Justice