False worship
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Blame the damn pulpits.
Every broken thing in this country has a preacher’s fingerprint on it. Don’t look to Washington for the rot—it started in the sanctuaries. While men in suits prayed for profit, the poor starved under their steeples. While the working class cried for justice, pastors preached patience and called it faith. You want to know why Continue reading
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Worship: Singing Your Lies.
This is not a simple thing, getting simple. Much of what we do is rooted in our identity as 21st century beings and it is very difficult to shed those thought processes. I have come to feel that the trappings of the zeitgeist can only really be seen when they are held up in contrast Continue reading
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The Onan Generation
I think that many times we find ourselves as believers almost hopelessly out of touch with what is happening in the world around us. We have a definite tendency to tag mundane things with sinister labels and then almost completely ignore real dangers that are sitting directly in our backyard. I suppose it has always Continue reading
