Ideas always have consequences. Bad ideas always have negative consequence. The bad idea I have in mind this morning is the thought that it is up to us to reinvent the church to make it more relevant to current cutlure. I am reminded of a … [Continue reading]
A Christmas Wish
It is Christmas Eve as I write this post. I am hoping that all who subscribe to Attempts at Honesty are well in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. While I suspect that the crisis has been sensationalized by news outlets, it is a very real problem … [Continue reading]
On Empty Consolation
Politicians are famous for telling us what we want to hear, not what we need to hear. Few politicians get elected on a platform promising austerity and hardship. We want the best things and we want them for free. But we all know that there is no … [Continue reading]
A misguided goal
I probably sound a bit like a scratched record that skips and gets stuck in the middle of a song. But I keep running across passages in Scripture that challenge the way that I have experienced church in the late 20th and early 21st Centuries. The … [Continue reading]
