http://www.jzuhone.org/wordpress Random ramblings on science, spirituality, etc. Mon, 12 May 2008 04:55:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A quote from a lecture by United Methodist Bishop Will Willimon. Have a listen. http://www.jzuhone.org/wordpress/2008/05/11/well-why-would-you/ O God, on this day you once taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending them the light of your Holy Spirit. Grant us in our day by the same Spirit to have a right understanding in all things and evermore to rejoice in his holy consolation; through Jesus ... http://www.jzuhone.org/wordpress/2008/05/11/pentecost-sunday/ This article at SPACE.com asks the question: why don't other nations get into the search for life on other planets? The suggested answer? The good ol' American frontier spirit. We just can't get over our need to look for stuff, to go to the next place. Or maybe the Europeans are into ... http://www.jzuhone.org/wordpress/2008/05/11/why-dont-they-do-seti/ Real Christianity, the full-glass version, is both the truth that makes sense of all other truth and the truth that offers itself as the framework within which those other truths will find their meaning. The one thing it doesn’t do, uncomfortably for today’s pluralistic world, is offer itself as one ... http://www.jzuhone.org/wordpress/2008/03/23/easter-sermon/ Eternal God, in the cross of Jesus we see the cost of our sin and the depth of your love: in humble hope and fear may we place at his feet all that we have and all that we are, through Jesus Christ our Lord. from Common Worship http://www.jzuhone.org/wordpress/2008/03/21/good-friday/ God our Father, you have invited us to share in the supper which your Son gave to his Church to proclaim his death until he comes: may he nourish us by his presence, and unite us in his love; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ... http://www.jzuhone.org/wordpress/2008/03/20/maundy-thursday/ Almighty God, who in your providence chose your servant Patrick to be the apostle of the Irish people: keep alive in us the fire of the faith he kindled and strengthen us in our pilgrimage towards the light of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity ... http://www.jzuhone.org/wordpress/2008/03/17/st-patrick/ My uncle has passed away this morning. Please pray for my family. Into your hands, O merciful Savior, we commend your servant. Acknowledge, we humbly beseech you, a sheep of your own fold, a lamb of your own flock, a sinner of your own redeeming. Receive him into the arms of ... http://www.jzuhone.org/wordpress/2008/02/16/377/ It's no good falling back into the tired old split-level world where some people believe in evangelism in terms of saving souls for a timeless eternity and other people believe in mission in terms of working for justice, peace, and hope in the present world. That great divide has nothing ... http://www.jzuhone.org/wordpress/2008/02/16/a-false-dichotomy/ Should I forgive others even if they don't stop sinning against me, or repent of their past sins toward me? It sure feels like I shouldn't have to, doesn't it? Isn't that fair? ... Did Jesus wait until I stopped sinning or repented of my sin before he forgave me? Wait a minute... I ... http://www.jzuhone.org/wordpress/2008/01/27/forgiveness/