This is not as much about Mutterings around the place as comments that we need to consider. The first is that the church, as an institution, is vulnerable. To convergence. It has always been vulnerable to convergence. For people will enter it with an agenda of destruction. People will try to appease those around them. … Continue reading Tactical notes.
Month: May 2016
Envy kills power. [Mt 13]
I know that it is Memorial Day in the USA right now, because Twitter is full of it. But it is the 31st here: time zones and all that. It is not that I don't honour those who served my country: I do, but the day we recall that in the Antipodes is April 25, … Continue reading Envy kills power. [Mt 13]
Murph 2016
My box put a 50 minute time cap on Murph, but ran it anyway. It is a work day in NZ. I did double cindy -- 10 pullups, 20 pushups and 30 air squats. And I did not finish the 10 rounds you need to have to get onto the second mile run: I got … Continue reading Murph 2016
The sin of the Churchian.
Yesterday we were informed that if we continued to sin casually and deliberately we were not of Christ. But we sin deliberately. We are told that we are not without sin. And with sin we struggle. Daily. It is the giving up on the struggle that is the error. We all have our temptations, and … Continue reading The sin of the Churchian.
Feminism costs too much.
It is Sunday, the weather is truly lousy, and I have a pot roast in the oven. Yes, I can cook. Fairly well, thank you. Both of the sons can cook. Quite well. We have lived in a male only home for quite a while and we still do. There are choices for men, if … Continue reading Feminism costs too much.
Prayer and church
One of the main reasons to go to church is to pray together. This does not mean that we should not pray apart, but it is akin to worship. We can worship alone, and we should. But we should worship together. And here lies a challenge. For as summer gets to the USA, where it … Continue reading Prayer and church
But what if you are elite?
I often say that one should not be in the elite, and not be like them. Yeah, Right. And then I find myself at a black tie ball, supporting the SPCA. Worthy cause: supporting the pro photographer in networking: watching those who want to gain status demonstrating their wealth by paying too much in a … Continue reading But what if you are elite?
DSM is not the Disease
Kenneth Kendler, writing in the American Journal of Psychiatry, reviewed all the major English textbooks of psychiatry from 1900 to 1960. There were 13. And he notes that some of the symptoms that the psychiatrists who wrote those books thought were important aspects of depression were lost. He then expands this, with some ideas as … Continue reading DSM is not the Disease
Churchian fear [I Tim 4]
One of the reasons that there is much horror in the media is that their safe and soft conservatives, driven by fear, have lost the people. Their compromises are not seen as useful. Their management of the nation and congregation has caused too many compromises. And why they say that all is peace and prosperity, … Continue reading Churchian fear [I Tim 4]
Milsuicide risk
If you are American (and yes I mean the USA) and you have a friend, spouse or family member in the military, you should read this paper. It is open access: read the entire thing. If you have friends and family who are in other militaries, you should also read this paper. Because the US … Continue reading Milsuicide risk