For Lent, we thought about the contemporary sins of our culture, our generation. This one is a little clumsy: the compulsion to form an opinion about everything, and publish it, quickly. Perhaps the antidote is genuine curiosity about our neighbors? Mr. Rogers seems to think so.

For Lent, we thought about the contemporary sins of our culture, our generation. This one is a little clumsy: the compulsion to form an opinion about everything, and publish it, quickly. Perhaps the antidote is genuine curiosity about our neighbors? Mr. Rogers seems to think so.

"Right-sizing" is one of the hardest things to do. We simultaneously think ourselves too big and too small. Like the great Anne Lamott has said, "I am a piece of shit around which the whole world revolves." Amen, sister. Simon Peter said the same exact thing in Luke 5:1-11.

She doesn't look particularly wicked, does she?

Could our preoccupation with physical comfort be turned into something good for the world? Hm. We'll see. We read several scathing portions of Amos: 4:1-5, 6:1-7, 8:4-7. We also read a much nicer story in John 12:1-8.

She doesn't look particularly wicked, does she?

Could our preoccupation with physical comfort be turned into something good for the world? Hm. We'll see. We read several scathing portions of Amos: 4:1-5, 6:1-7, 8:4-7. We also read a much nicer story in John 12:1-8.

This is the Coupland book that first named our first sin.

In a worship series for Lent, we're addressing several new (but really old) ways that human beings show how f***ed up we can be. In this one we're talking about our "willful neglect of reflection," a sin named in 199x by Douglas Coupland as a particular failing of Gen Xers. But Moses warned about it first in Deuteronomy 6.

Leviathan. It's not really making you feel better, is it?

So, God is finally ready to answer Job... sort of. The way God does. Because God is God, and you're not. Job 38-42. Good luck with that.

Leviathan. It's not really making you feel better, is it?

So, God is finally ready to answer Job... sort of. The way God does. Because God is God, and you're not. Job 38-42. Good luck with that.

This is the Coupland book that first named our first sin.

In a worship series for Lent, we're addressing several new (but really old) ways that human beings show how f***ed up we can be. In this one we're talking about our "willful neglect of reflection," a sin named in 199x by Douglas Coupland as a particular failing of Gen Xers. But Moses warned about it first in Deuteronomy 6.

Flying from LA to NY, can you ever really say, "Now I'm in Kansas"?

So Job says he wants to talk to God, argue it out. His insistence on not settling for the easy answer is... admirable? lunatic? You decide. Job 22 and 23.