Perhaps We Would Do Well To Listen

I’ve Got To Push Everything Out Of Mind Save The Name Of Jesus. I Say His Name Over And Over Again, For As Long As Fifteen Minutes, Until I Find My Soul Suspended In What The Ancient Celtic Christians Called A “thin Place”–a State Where The Boundary Between Heaven And Earth, Divine And Human, Dissolves. You Could Say That I Use The Name Of Jesus As My Koan.

So After The Lewinsky Scandal, Everything Changed, And We Moved From Using The Bible To Address The Moral Issues Of Our Time, Which Were Social, To Moral Issues Of Our Time That Were Very Personal. I Have Continued That Relationship Up Until The Present.

Although I Believe That Scripture Is Divinely Inspired And Infallible, I Have A Hard Time Going Along With The Belief That The Whole Creation Process Occurred In Six Twenty-four Hour Days.

There Are Reasons Why Religious Right Evangelicals Will Continue To Dominate Religious Discourse, Not Only In Their Own Sector Of The Christian Community, But Also In What Transpires In Mainline Denominations.

And We've Got To Ask Ourselves Some Very Serious Questions As To Whether Or Not Certain Religious Leaders, In Terms Of Raising Money - I Hate To Bring This Up - Are Pushing Hot Buttons.