Series How Philosophy Saved My Soul: Part VI 18 Jul 201720 Jan 2018 Yet again I was speaking at a camp with limited wifi. Sorry. There will be two updates this week. The summer of 2008 was over and it was time to…
Series How Philosophy Saved My Soul: Part V 7 Jul 201720 Jan 2018 Maybe I should bring a book with me... After graduating from college and seminary, I was a full-time, itinerant speaker communicating to high school students. My travels would have me…
Series How Philosophy Saved My Soul: Part IV 3 Jul 201720 Jan 2018 Off to Camp! {I'm sorry this didn't get posted last week. I was speaking at a camp and had virtually no internet connection. Part V will be posted at the…
Series How Philosophy Saved My Soul: Part III 23 Jun 201720 Jan 2018 Calcified Theology One of the most disturbing books I have ever read was Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Written in the 1930's, BNW envisions a dystopian society that is almost…
Series How Philosophy Saved My Soul: Part II 15 Jun 201715 Jun 2017 The Lion, the Witch, and the...hold on...a Witch?!?! You're back? Great! Last week I gave you a brief introduction to my early life and I promised that we would look…
Series How Philosophy Saved My Soul: Part I 9 Jun 201711 Nov 2019 A Preacher Boy's StoryLet us begin with a few disclaimers. First, and perhaps most importantly, I do not hold to a view that philosophy has any value to save anyone…
Uncategorized Death in the City 27 May 2014 (***warning, this post contains content that will be offensive to many) The city of Scranton has been abuzz since last Friday (May 23) after citizens had some time to take in…
Uncategorized “Heaven is for Real” – An Alternative View 20 May 2014 My Facebook newsfeed blew up a few weeks ago with the reposting of a near viral, four minute video. The clip contains an excerpt from a highly respected and influential…
Uncategorized New Life is on the Move! 14 Apr 2012 Tomorrow will be a big day at New Life Baptist Church. We are asking our members to affirm the decision of the pastoral team to move NLBC to the historic…
Uncategorized One the Move! 4 Apr 2012 New Life Baptist Church has potentially found her new home! We will be asking our church members to affirm the decision of the pastoral team to approve a move to…