Did I Mention…
…that the transition pastor assigned here keeps quoting Marcus Borg? How do I make that stop? I keep quoting patristics back, and it doesn’t seem to be helping. Is garlic effective in a case like this, or does that just work for vampires?
August 2, 2007 at 12:52 pm
You know, I actually like Marcus Borg, but I don’t know that I’ve ever quoted him. He’s just not that pithy. Plus, while his general approach is pretty decent, he’s quite bad on the specifics.
August 2, 2007 at 1:53 pm
You could test out your confirmation material concerning the Creed on the transition pastor…
August 2, 2007 at 10:41 pm
Garlic doesn’t really work in these situations. The only thing that seems to work is putting holy water in his coffee. But I’ve only tried it once before, I can’t say that this is the norm.
August 3, 2007 at 12:34 am
That’s a disease.
I will pray for healing for the transition pastor. 
August 3, 2007 at 12:41 am
I think that would be an interesting conversation: He quotes Borg, you quote church fathers, back and forth. Will we get a peek a transcript of this conversation any time soon?
August 3, 2007 at 11:22 am
your pastor is quoting an author that he/she understands in a profound way. a way that connects their faith with logic and reason. my hope would be that you find that same connection in the experiences of others.
August 3, 2007 at 4:53 pm
jon – welcome. you’ll find that most of what i write is merely sarcasm and harmless picking. please see standard disclaimer.
art – i want to write a one act play with that dialog, which would be pretty funny.
joshua – i was just out at the monastery today. heard their holy water is pretty potent. should of got some.
fr. chris – can you fly in for an anointing or exorcism or something?
derek – as you know, we just say the creed because it unites us with people and gives us warm fuzzies, not because it may actually be true.
andy – you’ve been in a west coast congregation too long. please take the next flight back east. i’ll pick you up at the airport for your deprogramming.
August 3, 2007 at 9:59 pm
I have never quite understood the fascination with Marcus Borg. Maybe it is a generational thing, or a personal issue of integrity (I would never say “I believe” if I didn’t believe it, no matter how ancient and nice a creed is). If I were going to quote a nice, revered document every Sunday morning for warm fuzzies, I think I would just as soon sing “Like a Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan than say the Nicene Creed!
August 4, 2007 at 8:46 am
are you preaching tomorrow?
August 4, 2007 at 9:55 am
no, karla, i am celebrating but not preaching. i preach next week.
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August 9, 2007 at 7:25 pm
sarcasm. oh. ya. people still do that.