Wednesday, May 08, 2019

Just checking

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Is this thing still on?
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Monday, October 01, 2018

Testing ... testing ... carburetor overhaul under way

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Cough. Ahem. Is this thing on? --ER
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Saturday, January 16, 2016

2015 did not exist

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I did not post one single blog in 2015. Wow. We will see whether there is still a place in my life for ER. Hmm ... --Rev. ER
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Parentheses begone!

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No more "(M.Div.)" in the header -- just "M.Div." baby! And: approved for ordination with call. Took just five years...
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I ... am ... ALIVE!!!!

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E.R. lives!
Sunday, August 05, 2012

Wow! This thing still works!

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I do miss bloggin'. Having to quit, for lack of time, is among the unforeseen costs of seminary! --ER
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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Stayin' alive, stayin' alive

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Still alive. That is all. --ER
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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Halfway

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Come Dec. 9, I will be halfway finished with a Master of Divinity. Wow. --ER
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Marshall Art's rises again

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Here . Asserting God's maleness. I'm sure God is amused. --ER
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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Ark of the Covenant: God-in-a-Box

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Feodor , long-lost pal, said this would preach . We'll see. I'm preachin' on it in a few weeks -- it will be my second time to p...
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Wednesday, July 06, 2011

'God's promises revealed in Torah, Bible, Qu-ran'

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"The Qu'ran mentions the Bible twelve times. The verses call upon the people of the Bible - Christians - to follow what God reveale...
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Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Triune God knows best

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UCC goes Father-free in tweak of bylaws. I understand why some people think this is a big deal -- and it is: What is gained is a big deal. W...
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Monday, July 04, 2011

'You will only be as free as you let other people be'

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From a great 1971 flick: "Angel Unchained," which pits hedonistic bikers, defending peace-lovin' hippies agin' a bunch of...
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Sunday, July 03, 2011

Smokin' freakin' h-o-t HOT

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It's 102. I had all I can stands, I can't stands no more. So, I am fixin' to go get in my smoke-friendly pickup with a stogey an...
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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Happy He Done Got Back Up Day, Easter 2011

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PRAYER OF CONFESSION AT CHURCH THIS MORNING. "Lord of Life, this is the morning that changed the world. This is a celebration of our jo...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

On Spiritual Practices, a Dream Journal, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Things Left Unfinished and Hermione Granger in a Porn Flick!

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Homework last week in my seminary class on the history of Christianity gave me the option of keeping a dream journal as an experiment in a s...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

No, heh-heh, ER did NOT ...

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... defend the medieval worldview of the Great Chain of Being in a seminary class, History of Theology, led by a lovely but squishy po-mo-po...
Sunday, February 13, 2011

What I HAVE gotten myself into

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Settling down amid storms as they rage. My prayer is for the peeps that I have so angrily tangled with here, and probably will again at time...
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Monday, January 31, 2011

God spoke to me in the nick of time!

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And God said: Settle down. More anon. --ER
Saturday, January 22, 2011

Just in the nick of time

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I'm getting my seminary groove back. Classes for me resume Monday online and Tuesday in person. History of Christian Spirituality, onlin...
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

F--k self-righteous pricks

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That is all. --ER
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Thursday, December 23, 2010

No, ER, did *not* go a month without blogging!

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Just barely. Whew. Merry Christmas Eve Eve! What I'm reading between semesters in seminary! The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of A...
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Luke, womenfolk and my suspicion of hermeneutics of suspicion

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From an online discussion ... PROFESSOR: A number of you have remarked that Luke is a gospel that is especially friendly to women. That is a...
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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Call me 'preacher,' for I have praught!

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And nobody was harmed. But I did make an older lady cry. ... It was a pretty dark sermon until about three-fourths way through. --ER
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Monday, November 08, 2010

FLASH! I'm preachin' next Sunday

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Early service. First time. Maybe the last! Who knows? Yikes. --ER
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Saturday, October 30, 2010

All Hallow's Eve Eve

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It's already Halloween Night in Oklahoma, thanks to the declarations of the Oklahoma City Council and other local authorities out to kee...
Thursday, October 14, 2010

Travelin' mercies!

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For the next week, Oct. 15-22, I'm going here (Nogales, Mexico) and here (Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation) with these guys (Bor...
Friday, October 08, 2010

The Canon is as dated as the slide rule

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The historical fact of Constantine's forced creation of the biblical Canon was rocked by the discovery of the Nag Hammadi texts , especi...
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Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Resurrection, resurrection, the Body of Christ and the Body of Christ.

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From my seminary discussion board for Intro to the New Testament ... On the different concepts of resurrection from Paul in 1 Corinthians (t...
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Friday, September 24, 2010

Paul, the apostle: Called, not converted

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The idea that Paul was "called" rather than converted is exciting to me because it helps some things make more sense. That puts Pa...
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Monday, September 20, 2010

What is justice? What guides your ethical choices?

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From an online discussion board for my seminary class, Contemporary Issues and Biblical Intrerpretation (an upper-level Hebrew Bible class)....
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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Piles of scales

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I'm gonna have to vacuum up all these scales falling from my eyes as I read "Mandate to Difference: An Invitation to the Contempora...
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