I have collated a few questions that I’ve received recently on movies. A couple were on the new Harry Potter movie. I get those every time a new Potter movie (or, previously, a book) comes out, so… We have a man in our church who teaches that seeing the Harry Potter movies is sinful because [...]
Here’s a short one this Thanksgiving Day. Thank you for giving me some space to mourn the loss of a friend, spend some time with atheists in Missouri, and then a couple days with my grandson. It helped. I still wonder how long to keep this blog alive. When I began it, I thought it [...]
Sorry to be so slow to update here. Those of you who follow me on Facebook or who have also read my personal blog (www.patrickmead.net) know that I lost one of my best friends, our worship minister Jeremy King, last week. We are all taking our time working through this. In the meantime, here is [...]
Two commenters asked me to answer a question that was raised by the answer to question #288. They wanted to know if childlessness is an automatic disqualification for anyone who wants to be a deacon or elder. I will be interested in the comments that follow my response, for I admit to some inconsistency in [...]
PLEASE NOTE: some of you are frequent commenters and, for some reason, the software here is kicking your comments into the “yet to be approved” pile. That can delay your comment appearing for a day or two at a time. I apologize. I’m not sure why that is happening. Also, if any of you are [...]