The Roofless Church

Category: Being

  • Think What You Want to Think and Other Things Pastors Aren’t Supposed to Say

    As I said in the video, I feel like this blog was a long time coming.  Since I accepted the “call to ministry”, I have wrestled with different ways that I naturally express myself.  Here are four things that easily came out of my mouth that made me think I was unqualified for public ministry:…

  • Where Does All the Evil Go?

    When I decided to accept the teaching of Jesus’ lineage as a Spiritual practice, I knew what I was getting myself into.  I grew up Christian so I know how easy it can be to go to church on Sunday and have an emotional or mental release only to turn right back around on Monday…

  • The Reality of Diversity and Illusion

    Have you ever wondered why–in almost every environment–conversations and programs around diversity and inclusion are so difficult?  Why is it that despite efforts to make organizations more diverse, there seems to be little to no substantial development where it really counts?  Well, if you watched the above video, you know what my take is.  I…

  • This Little Light of Mind

    As I said in the video, in all of my years, I have never been able to get myself to conform to the way society tells me I am supposed to be.  As a child that meant I was often seen as weird or different.  Unlike most of the people, I didn’t follow the crowd.…

  • Hate the World, Make It a Better Place

    There are whole industries dedicated to minimizing risk, variation, cost, and waste.  They fall under the umbrella of what is called “quality control” and when it comes to manufacturing products, I think that there is a brilliance to it that can be applauded.  It is so brilliant in fact that many people have integrated the…

  • What Is Real?

    In a facebook discussion, the question, “what is real?” came up.  The context was in regard to the reality of idealized experiences or what we actually experience in the the world.  We were also discussing how the survival mentality affected one’s experience of reality. The response I came up with is below. Sometimes when these…

  • The Gospel According to You

    Let me begin this post by saying that I absolutely love the Bible.  I have read a lot of books in my life and the Bible by far has been the most intriguing work I have ever engaged.  With the exception of The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, C.S. Lewis’ Mere…

  • I Apologize For Being Sorry

    When I watched the movie Lincoln, I kept thinking about how amazing it was that he never apologized for doing whatever it took for him to get the votes necessary to pass the 13th amendment that ended slavery.  For some reason it called to mind the Biblical parable of the unjust steward.  If you see…

  • Grace and the Perfect Imperfections in the Bible

    I could have picked an easier job than trying to be a Christian minister.  I once told a lady that this is what I was going to school for and her response was, “Really.  People still do that?”  I think it is even harder to try to do this in a world where most of…

  • Nothing Is Never What We Think It Is

    If you don’t want to slap me for making the above video, then we are friends for life even if we never meet.  I can say that with honesty because if you can embrace the hub-bubbery that I spoke then it means that you are not living in the fear of loss and so we…