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Selling the American Dream? (small sarcasm warning attached)

William Guice — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:45:56 +0000

(Sarcasm Warning. I tried to keep it light. I mean this is the 3rd re-write/edit.) This post may offend or may go too far…it is not my intent, but I’ve been thinking about it all day week. So here it is. My point is the apparent correlations and I wonder if this really does say [...]

This is Church!

William Guice — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:49:03 +0000

Freedom

William Guice — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:35:38 +0000

Freedom is a word that get’s batted around a lot. Over the past few weeks I’ve been struck not only with repetitive phrasing that I hear using the word freedom but also how maybe our definition is a little shallow. I would argue most often when expressed in America, freedom means: Our ability (seen as [...]

Mondays with MLK

William Guice — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:46:14 +0000

I am in Birmingham because injustice is here. Just as the prophets of the eighth century B.C. left their villages and carried their “thus saith the Lord” far beyond the boundaries of their home towns, and just as the Apostle Paul left his village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ to the [...]

Ike, Chris & Romans 13

William Guice — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:16:04 +0000

Repeat after me, please: Romans 13 was not written to me. Romans 13 was not written to me. Romans 13 was not written to me. And nor was any other book of the Bible yet we use the words of letters, histories, narratives, poems and apocalypses as if they were. None of us would take [...]

Jesus & the Tiger Woods Fist Pump! (I Don’t Think So)

William Guice — Wed, 04 May 2011 07:31:44 +0000

A response to Dr. Piper’s Commentary: Is God Glad Osama Bin Laden’s Dead? So after a comment here and a post there, this is my official dive into thinking through & discussing the killing of Osama Bin Laden and really maybe a more important point – our response to this event. I took a few [...]

Love Wins (or Maybe It Doesn’t) Part 1b

William Guice — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:30:34 +0000

A bigger post is coming this afternoon/evening but here are three things I’ve noticed… 1) The majority of the people that I talk to about the book have still not read the book. All of their opinions on the situation are based on the trailer or the interviews. 2) I’m finding mainly 3 Groups: those [...]

40 Days of Preparations Begin – Ash Wednesday

William Guice — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:44:14 +0000

“I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word.” -Book of Common Prayer, p.265 This invitation is the doorway into Lent. Upon first hearing this invitation it is easy [...]

You’ve Just Got to Be Quiet

William Guice — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:30:45 +0000

Among Cormac McCarthy’s rich discussion of human suffering, meaning and the existence of God is this nugget worth pondering today. {Black & White are the two characters in this play. No Names. Defined only by their skin color. Off stage before the play begins…Black (an evangelical Christian) saves White (an atheist professor) during a suicide [...]

MLK and Terrorism

William Guice — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:14:09 +0000

In yesterday’s post, I made the point that prior to the civil rights movement the way that African Americans were treated in this country resembled terrorist action. Maybe the civil rights movement was actually the culmination of the battle against terrorism in the USA of white Americans against African Americans. The process began with the [...]