Archive for August 2010
Like the Guy Who Mows the Lawn
Posted by: revjmk on: August 29, 2010
- In: Mom Moments | Random
- 2 Comments
In the car on the way home from church today, B asked me, “Where is Jesus?” Hoping to get off easy, I replied: Jesus is with God. B: “No. Where is he?” No such luck this time. Me: “Well, some people think that Jesus and God are in heaven, which is a place that is [...]
Book Review: The Help
Posted by: revjmk on: August 20, 2010
The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books, 2009, 451 pp. I first heard about this book via a review at RevGalBlogPals, and immediately added it to my list of things to read. While I can say that I enjoyed the experience of reading it, I’m still not sure what I think or feel about [...]
Women’s Suffrage at 90
Posted by: revjmk on: August 18, 2010
- In: Deep Thoughts | Sound Off | Women
- 1 Comment
Today marks the 90th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which reads: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” (For the story of the amendment, click here. The [...]
Book Review: A Christianity Worth Believing
Posted by: revjmk on: August 17, 2010
A Christianity Worth Believing: Hope-filled, Open-armed, Alive-and-Well Faith for the Left-out, Left-behind and Let Down in Us All, by Doug Pagitt, Jossey-Bass, 2008, 242 pp. I think I have finally found what I’ve been looking for. Not the faith that Pagitt describes—I found my way to a Christianity worth believing a long time ago, and [...]
Too Excited about the Church
Posted by: revjmk on: August 17, 2010
It happened again. Someone joined the church who was too excited. They came to worship for the first time and swooned all over—singing the praises of the church, the people, the preaching, the food, the fellowship, the programs, the children. Immediately, they asked to join. They came to everything in that first month. They attended [...]
Book Review: Home
Posted by: revjmk on: August 8, 2010
Home by Marilynne Robinson, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2008, 325 pp. Marilynne Robinson is the master of tension. In Gilead, the tension is all internal, as she dissects the mind of Rev. John Ames, the Congregational preacher haunted by loneliness, history, guilt and grudges. Home moves down the road in the town of Gilead, to [...]
Live and Let Die
Posted by: revjmk on: August 3, 2010
- In: Deep Thoughts | Ministry Moments | Sound Off | Women
- 4 Comments
But if this ever changin’ world In which we live in Makes you give in and cry Say, “Live and let die, live and let die” Ah, the wisdom of Paul and Linda McCartney! Have you heard it, church folk? The world is an ever-changing place. Each generation displaces the one before. New technologies render [...]
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I am a full-time pastor in the United Church of Christ, mother of a preschooler (B.), married to an aspiring academic and curmudgeon (J.). I live by faith, intuition and intellect. I follow politics, football and the Boston Red Sox. I like to talk about progressive issues, theological concerns, church life, the impact of technology and media, pop culture and books.
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- Marilyn Holt: Thank you for your inspiring comments on the disaster in your neighborhood and the uplifting section from your sermon. This entry in your blog is maki
