Some Jungian analysts suggest that original sin relates to family of origin.The idea is in order to be ’saved’ from the original sin one must escape the dysfunction of one’s family of origin.
Original ’sin,’ as defined by theologians, takes many different forms.  We are born with the sin of Adam, for instance.  Or we are [...]

Barack Obama has reignited the word hope.  He even wrote a book about hope.  His book is pretty convincing on the concept of hope, but sometimes hope is used so freely it looses it’s luster.  I am not endorsing Obama, as most of our readers may know, but believe he has a good grasp of [...]

Polar opposites.  Fear and Faith.  These concepts do not live together, they are never under the same roof.  When the Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Mormons and the Catholics and the Baptists come knocking at my door I am not afraid.  But they are.  Fear is always obvious in their message.
The tactics employed by the religulous [...]

We once did an internship as a hospital chaplain. We were assigned to an acute rehab unit. Most of the patients were recovering from a stroke or hip surgery or a like condition - they were medically stable but unable to return home.
A twelve year old boy was hit by a car and injured his [...]

Quoting from the book Stealing Jesus” by Bruce Bawer:

“The simple word religion lends dignity to prejudice, muffles opposition and obliges the media to tread carefully. Not only politicians but journalists, too, are less likely to criticize frankly the attitudes of individuals or groups when they identify themselves as Christian and attribute their attitudes to their [...]

I received an email today - as I do many times during the course of the week - from a family member who must be convinced the we see the world in the same way.  I am sure that many of you have someone that prowls your email this way.  Based on some skewed version [...]