Monthly Archives: March 2023

For something to be “real” it helps if you can touch it, see it or taste it.  But can one touch faith, see faith or taste faith? Of course the answer is no.  Yet faith is an important basis of … Continue reading →

Peter Gomes begins chapter two of The Good Book  with a warning: “it is not just trendy theologians or liberal Christian bishops who get into trouble over its interpretation [The Bible’s].”  We can all get into trouble.  In my previous … Continue reading →

“To read is to interpret”… This goes without saying.  Anyone who reads a symbol that represents a thought is “interpreting”.  Anyone who reads this post right now is doing likewise. Peter Gomes begins Chapter 2 in his book entitled The … Continue reading →

When someone enters the place where I worship, I often wonder what they notice first of all.  If they enter through the front of the sanctuary, there are two sets of double doors opening to the center of the church.  … Continue reading →