A church near me has a lighted sign that every week has some cutesy saying. This week, it's "The Magi saw Jesus. Will You?'

I presume the  intention is to attract new congregants. It won't. Anyone who's dumb enough to take such a sign seriously must already be a member of that congregation. Worse,  that won't attract new members, such a sign announces the church to every passerby as trivial, perhaps even silly And the disease appears to be spreading.

A century-old United church just down the street from me was demolished this week. The newspaper editorialized that it should have been kept as a heritage site. As usual, the editor showed no undersanding at all of what is going on.

 Jesuology,  Jesuolatry,  Christology, Christianity and Christianisms.  It's odd that I find kinship with a such a conservative theologian as Hodge when he warns against "bibliolatry" while at the same time having sympathies for the most liberal of Christians: Shleiermacher and Spong.   

Two points have driven my recent thinking (which is, in fact, quite recent as I've avoided theologising for about a year): 

1) We cannot continue to confuse our descriptions of divine work with the divine itself (that would be idolatry) and

The national post is giving away the movie One Week today in their twelve days of Christmas promotion. Link is here.

http://www.nationalpost.com/12days/index.html

This is a great Canadian movie, which explores one man's search for God / meaning after a diagnoses of Cancer at age 25. He goes on a road trip across Canada, which becomes a celebration of life, and everything Canadian.

I find that I, particularly as a young adult, am often encouraged to explore life and my heart with the intent to discover who I am.
The resulting ideas from this are pictured to give me a greater sense of myself, and therefore provide me with greater direction, and a heightened confidence.

The modern separation between “meaning” and “truth” is leading us to a very sterile and meaningless existence.  This differentiation may also be a primary reason that we are disconnecting with each other and our precious planet.  Let me explain...

Three years ago, I retired. I had led a busy life - teaching, radio twice a day, TV, public talks fifty or sixty a year. I looked forward to doing things I had never had timem for - a family tree, some reading...  Instead, I find I'm always tired an spiritless. Two months ago, I spent time in hospital being checked for an irregular heart beat. I have little energy.

Welcome to my blog—a place to reflect with me on God’s abundant healing of soul, community, and creation. I hope you will visit often and be part of this sacred conversation.

There are many things I like about parables but what I like the most is that the more we read them and the more the world situation changes, the parables offer a different perspective every time.

I have heard this phrase and I was wondering what is meant by "Holy Manners". It must be more than ordinary courtesy and respect. But what?

Any ideas?