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How do you handle ethical conflicts?

On the blog that I love to read, there is a discussion on ethics. No, not on ethics, per se, but on disagreeing charitably. It is quite a good set of thoughts and I posted the response below on that blog. But, in discussing ethical conflicts, I wondered whether the author had gotten caught in what I often see as a problem in the “structure” of our ethics. That is, most of us have, what... [Read more]

Let the healing begin…again

Let the healing begin! Today is the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Literally millions of people have descended on Washington, DC. The attention of most of the USA is on Washington today, as is the attention of many of the world’s government. At noon today, a new President will take his oath of office. Yes, today is a day to say, “let the healing begin.” No, I am not talking... [Read more]

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Letter from Birmingham Jail – Martin Luther King

In honor of this year’s Martin Luther King day and in honor of President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration tomorrow, I am posting a copy of the letter Rev. King wrote when he was being held in the Birmingham Jail. ======= 16 April 1963 My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities “unwise... [Read more]

A small non-charismatic aside

Because of a couple of questions, let me take a moment for a little aside before I return to my being a no-longer-teenage charismatic. It has been mentioned that first I say that Radical Reformation Protestants and Calvinists form part of the philosophical background of today’s progressive/liberal Christians and then I say that extreme ecstatics are the spiritual precursors to today’s progressive/liberal... [Read more]

I am a no-longer-teenage Orthodox charismatic

When I first began to serve the Lord, as an older teenager, I returned to Christianity through a charismatic group. Actually, at first through a Pentecostal group, but that was of very short duration. I do know that out of that hothouse situation came a life-long desire to experience the Lord. Mind you, I am not simply talking about “knowing” the Lord. I mean, a lifelong desire to get that,... [Read more]

Dog-gone ridiculous

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Another Perú missionary stress story

When my wife and I first arrived in Bolivia, in January of 1990, we went to Cochabamba to attend the Instituto de Idiomas Maryknoll (Maryknoll Language Institute). My wife was taking the beginning course, while I was taking the advanced course. Though I was born overseas, I had grown up in the USA. So, I had a child’s level of Spanish. Mind you, a native child, but, nevertheless, both my vocabulary... [Read more]

Post-traumatic stress syndrome and the missionary

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. Traumatic events that may trigger PTSD include violent personal assaults, natural or human-caused disasters, accidents, or military combat. When I was a child, I can remember jokes being made about some veterans. You... [Read more]

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Roland Burris to be seated as Senator – Saturday Night Live at the Senate

I enjoy watching The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. I thoroughly enjoyed watching Tina Fay play Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live. I never thought that I would watch Saturday Night type of skits at the United States Senate. But, I find that I am having quite an enjoyable time watching egos get punctured, and silly policies being skewered. I simply never expected that the ego-owners and the policy writers... [Read more]

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Immigration aside

From a newspaper article today comes the following quote: Immigration prosecutions have steeply risen over the last five years, while white-collar prosecutions have fallen by 18 percent, weapons prosecutions have dropped by 19 percent, organized crime prosecutions are down by 20 percent and public corruption prosecutions have dropped by 14 percent, according to the Syracuse group’s statistics.... [Read more]