Archive for the ‘Social Conscience’ Category
Friday, May 19th, 2006
From a year of studying the Old Testament:
We often view God as Creator in the past tense. I'm afraid that we approach those initial 6 days as the totality of His creating. But there is so much that He is still doing.
I'm struck by the cyclization of the Israelite people: ...
Posted in Blogroll, Books, Church, Jesus, Preaching, Social Conscience, Theology | 11 Comments »
Wednesday, May 10th, 2006
Bringing a discussion from my comments to the main board:
How would applying the teachings of Jesus manifest themselves in 21st Century America? What do we make of His sayings? How do we apply that? How do we live it?
What does this newfound awareness I have of the person of the ...
Posted in Jesus, Loving People, Social Conscience, Theology | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
Or, The Most Important Part of This Story
Two confessions:
I'm not very good at prayer.
I'm not a people person.
Don't get me wrong, I believe in the power of prayer. I believe that there is great benefit and power in prayer. I'm just not very good at it.
I bristle with ...
Posted in How Did I Get Here, Jesus, Loving People, My Favorite Posts, Politics, Social Conscience | 14 Comments »
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
Or, Insurance
Health insurance had never been a problem for me personally. I had been covered throughout my adult life either through self-employment or by the church I worked for.
Now, granted, I did not have any grandiose notions about the benevolence or the ethics of health insurance companies. For three years ...
Posted in Family, How Did I Get Here, Politics, Scandal, Social Conscience | 20 Comments »
Monday, April 24th, 2006
Or, Compassionate Conservatism
In retrospect, I would like to say that the thoughts and sentiments of Rich Mullins (see previous post) stuck with me, but they did not.
A "savior" emerged that offered the restoration of the greatness of America, the reclamation of all that made America good and right and pure, ...
Posted in Church, How Did I Get Here, Jesus, Loving People, Social Conscience | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
I want to begin to chronicle, for posterity, the seismic shift that has been taking place in my heart and life over the last couple of years. All of this is a work in progress. I do not know where all of this is going or how it will all ...
Posted in How Did I Get Here, Jesus, Loving People, Politics, Social Conscience | 21 Comments »
Friday, April 14th, 2006
God's green earth: Local pastor takes environmental focus
Here's another article about me. Since most people won't click the link, here is the text.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
By Katy Moore
Tribune-Herald staff writer
When pastor Scott Freeman prayed last year for God to help him be more loving toward other people, the Hewitt resident ...
Posted in Evangelical Cllimate Initiative, Loving People, Social Conscience | 6 Comments »
Monday, April 10th, 2006
It was the subject of Darfur that prompted me to revoke my policy of not discussing political matters on this blog. June 2nd of last year, I wrote:
Yesterday, after a 6 month silence on the issue, President Bush acknowledged that there is genocide taking place in the Darfur region of ...
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Saturday, April 8th, 2006
My 15 minutes has ended abruptly. The BBC is snowed in in Anchorage and will not be able to be at our worship services tomorrow. They will not be able to get out of Alaska before Monday. It looks like they will drop my segment of the documentary.
I'll let you ...
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Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
I'm being asked frequently why I signed the statement along with 85 other religious leaders in America. I thought a lot about this leading up to offering my signature and in the two months since then.
To me, the answer is simple: I believe it is what Jesus would have me ...
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