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The Will of God?

August 13, 2008August 18, 2008 John City Temple, God, Harold Kushner, Leslie Weathehead, London, methodist, PFOX, Will of God, WWII

Recently, my Sunday School class has been involved in a study of the “The Will of God.” We’re using a book by Leslie Weatherhead. I don’t find I’m in complete agreement with his definitions, but he does offer a comprehensive interpretation of The Will of God. It has led me to do some deeper thinking about words I’ve heard often. The concept has mostly dumfounded theologians, and I believe is primarily a construct of people looking for some kind of logic in illogical situations.

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Upcoming Administrative Council Meeting at Church

August 7, 2008August 18, 2008 John methodism, methodist, Palma Ceia, Palma Ceia United Methodist Church, Resolution, Social Justice

I have previously published a resolution I intend to introduce at the next Administrative Council meeting at my church here in Tampa (Palma Ceia United Methodist). I was going to introduce it in June, but the meeting was canceled. It’s now been rescheduled for August 18, so I should be able to attend.

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Maybe Someday All Religions Will Look Like This

August 1, 2008August 1, 2008 John UCC, United Church of Christ

I love this ad from the United Church of Christ.

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AFA Boycotts McDonald’s

July 10, 2008 John AFA, American Family Association, Don Wildmon, McDonalds

You might remember the krazy kristian kooks of Don Wildmon’s American Family Association (AFA) for their highly successful six year boycott of Disney (NOT). Well, now they have another corporate giant in their sites…McDonald’s.

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Fox News Pundit Says McCain Has to Bash Gays to Win

July 7, 2008 John conservative, Faux News, Fox News, Fred Barnes, gay bashing, Gay Marriage, GLBT, Juan Williams, right wing

From the “comes as no surprise” category, Fox News Pundit Fred Barnes said Sunday that McCain would have to run a center/right (not sure what that actually looks like myself) in order to win the election. This would mean appealing to the far right wingnuts of the party by using the “gays in the military” and “gay marriage” issues. Barnes explicity cites these issues. The left side of the blogosphere is all in an uproar over the comments. I don’t like that this happens to be a true statement, but it is true that McCain will win friends from the krazy kristian kooks by bashing gays. This has been a winning issue for Republicans for a while now.