Musings of an Eclectic Pilgrim
Plans for Our New Reality?
On March 17, 2020, the MIT Technology Review published an article entitled We’re Not Going Back to Normal. Several waves of the virus would require societal changes over a period of 18 months or more. Continue reading “Plans for Our New Reality?”
I hear Christians express fear and shock over events in today’s world which appear to be designed to inflame and polarize us. I find the reactions disturbing and frustrating. Continue reading “Don’t Give in to Shock and Awe”
Does it seem like most people are on the same page? And it’s the wrong one? Continue reading “Manufactured Consensus”
What’s the future of the tax exempt status for churches? And why should anybody care? Continue reading “What’s the Future of the Tax Exempt Status for Churches?”
Matthew 26:6-13 says this.
6. Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
7. There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
8. But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
9. For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
10. When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
11. For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. Continue reading “Did Jesus Dismiss the Poor?”