Something About Same Sex
A couple of weeks ago, a conservative and highly regarded senior American minister, Eugene Peterson, now 85, in an interview, spoke of same-sex relations with warm goodwill. He said yes when the journalist asked if he’d conduct a marriage of people of the same gender. (click on the blog's bold title to read the whole.)
Cosby’s Culture
The ugly Bill Cosby debacle lives on and as it does, reveals more than we may realize. Obviously, a large segment of the female population has denounced the jury which, after an eleven day trial, didn’t come to a decisive decision over numerous alleged sexual assaults by Cosby (click on the blog's bold title to read the whole.)
Simplicity is Complexity
For our current subject, Pew Research has, among its numerous inquiries, sought recently to clarify the views of Americans of many religious groups, an exercise which unfortunately revealed lots of reservation from our neighbors. (to view the whole, click on the blog's bold title)
The Dreadful State of the United States
Over the years, we’ve looked to Americans as our good neighbors. I’ve begun to worry that we may find that difficult given Donald Trump. President Trump in very recent days has made a decision which Canada’s largest circulation newspaper, The Toronto Star, has put above its lead editorial: “Trump’s worst move ever.” (Click on the blog's bold title to read the whole.)
Does Ministry bring misery?
Years ago, when I was barely in my teens, I told an elderly man related to me that I was thinking of becoming a minister. He smiled, shook his head and said “well at least it’s a soft job.” (click on the blog's bold title to read the whole.)
Capital Punishment, still a horror.
Albert Camus, the French philosopher of the 20th century, said many wise things, but the one that stays with me has to do with the death penalty, now being reconsidered. “Capital punishment,” he said, “is the most premediated of murders…” Well said. (click on the blog's bold title to read the whole.)