Today, Some Of The Most

Today, Some Of The Most Spiritual People I Know Claim To Be Without Religion.

But I Think It's Up To A Local Congregation To Determine Whether Or Not A Marriage Should Be Blessed Of God. And It Shouldn't Be Up To The Government.

Jesus Refers To The Poor Over And Over Again. There Are 2,000 Verses Of Scripture That Call Upon Us To Respond To The Needs Of The Poor. And Yet, I Find That When Christians Talked About Values In This Last Election That Was Not On The Agenda, That Was Not A Concern. If You Were To Get The Voter Guide Of The Christian Coalition, That Does Not Rate. They Talk More About Tax Cuts For People Who Are Wealthy Than They Do About Helping Poor People Who Are In Desperate Straits.

I Don't Think That John Kerry Is The Messiah Or The Democratic Party Is The Answer, But I Don't Like The Evangelical Community Blessing The Republican Party As Some Kind Of God-ordained Instrument For Solving The World's Problems.

Sigmund Freud Was The Apostle Of Disbelief. He Was The One Who Made Psychoanalysis A Part Of Our Culture, And In So Doing He Kicked Out A Flying Buttress That Had Been Essential For Holding Up Our Cathedral Of Faith.