St. Anselm made a very intricate argument for the impossibility of true disbelief in God in his Prosologion. Here's the link to the wikipedia entry on him. Essentially, he argued that the reality of God was inherent in the concept of 'God', because God is greater then everything, and a real God is greater then a made-up God. Only it's longer and ( Read more... )

Well, this will be my first real post in a long time. I've gotten through my first semester of seminary without flunking anything- and those who know me will tell you that that's quite good for me! The new Christmas Eve candlelight service at Smithville Church was a huge success; the church was packed because lots of people brought their ( Read more... )

This list of questions is borrowed from amaebi1. Why is there poverty and suffering in the world ( Read more... )

It snowed yesterday morning here. It didn't stick, but still, SNOW! It's cool!

Fragments from the Log of Father Marcus Artmann, Pastor of Christ Evangelical Methodist Episcopal Church, Clinton City, North American Territory, Mars, 2506.
These stories are an imaginative attempt to try to foresee what the mainline church will look like in the 26th century. IMHO, while technology changes, people mostly never do.Being a ‘ ( Read more... )

“So it is as we feared, then ( Read more... )

Under the cut is the manuscript of my first sermon- well, my first sermon delivered in a church to a real congriagtion. People said that it was good, that it spoke to them, but the service started at 8:30 and ended at 9:25, so I probably need to add another page and a half to most of my sermons. The six page 14 point format will work for next ( Read more... )

Please pray for me ( Read more... )

Well, I survived my first Sunday, and I'm booked for pastoral visits into Augest! I think I'll like being Smithville UMC's pastor. They even say they're fine with me changing the order of service, though I'm being cautious about that anyway.

Why I've been gone ( Read more... )