I've Always Been Skeptical Of Those Television

Artists Are The Best Theologians. They Feel Things That Are True Before Theologians Can Jargonize Them Into Obscurity.

Jesus Refers To The Poor Over And Over Again. There Are 2,000 Verses Of Scripture That Call Upon Us To Respond To The Needs Of The Poor. And Yet, I Find That When Christians Talked About Values In This Last Election That Was Not On The Agenda, That Was Not A Concern. If You Were To Get The Voter Guide Of The Christian Coalition, That Does Not Rate. They Talk More About Tax Cuts For People Who Are Wealthy Than They Do About Helping Poor People Who Are In Desperate Straits.

Like Most Christians, I Believe The Genesis Account Of Creation Is A Description Of Six Different Stages Of Creation, Each Of Which May Have Taken Eons Of Time.

What We Need To Affirm Is That Jesus Is Neither A Democrat Nor A Republican. Whenever We Marry Jesus To A Political Party, We Are Committing The Sin Of Idolatry. We Are Making Jesus Into The Image Of Our Political Party.

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.