Tag Archives: mission

Pastoral Note: Changes

Posted on December 16, 2014 by ehurst

It’s not for me to say whether, or how, it will affect any of you, dear readers and parishioners. For me, there are changes. In ways large and small, we live in the time of Peleg again (Genesis 10:25). It’s … Continue reading →

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American Apocalypse

Posted on December 5, 2014 by ehurst

In case you haven’t noticed, the Police State is here. I suppose a significant number of us living here in the US have seen it coming for a long time. Some part of me knew it way back in high … Continue reading →

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Prayer Request: Fellowship

Posted on December 2, 2014 by ehurst

Kiln of the Soul needs a meat-space manifestation. I hope I don’t have to explain why it matters, but I suppose one prominent issue is having a real life laboratory for what I teach. Otherwise, yours truly is simply famished … Continue reading →

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Divine Tolerance

Posted on November 20, 2014 by ehurst

If you take yourself too seriously, you cannot follow Christ. Holy Cynicism is not dismissive of humanity, but of human motivations. When we keep in mind that this entire universe is a deception, locked under the Curse of the Fall, … Continue reading →

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Virtually Connected

Posted on November 14, 2014 by ehurst

(More on the peculiarities of this ministry.) We are held together by a most gossamer thread. So far as I know, none of the members have met in the flesh. A handful of us chat through services like Facebook. A … Continue reading →

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Election Day Warning

Posted on November 4, 2014 by ehurst

Today in the US is a major election day. On the one hand, the fiction of competing political views is widely known. Republicans are not actually conservative and Democrats aren’t really all that progressive. Maybe the folks at the grass … Continue reading →

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Party Like Heaven Came Down

Posted on November 4, 2014 by ehurst

The Holy Spirit is my publicity agent. My message here has little appeal to mainstream Christian believers as a whole. They are not my target audience. It’s not that nothing I write has anything to teach them. On the contrary; … Continue reading →

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Making Room in the Heart

Posted on November 2, 2014 by ehurst

To compromise is human; to forgive is divine. One of the most pernicious effects of Western logic is imputing to God a perfectionist ethic. This is blasphemous. His Law Covenants are loaded with compromise. Jesus noted that Moses permitted divorce, … Continue reading →

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Mission Support Stuff

Posted on October 29, 2014 by ehurst

First, I’ve got a prayer request. After struggling with repairing our Jeep, we still have some trouble. It randomly stalls out and won’t restart until some cooling off. I’ve checked with experienced Jeep gurus and it comes down to stuff … Continue reading →

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Divine Sense of Humor: Dominant English

Posted on October 20, 2014 by ehurst

English is hardly the best language to arise from human intellectual chaos, but it’s the one I know best. Part of that knowledge includes a lot of study in etymology and chasing out the roots through other variations in the … Continue reading →

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