blcasey wrote 20 hours ago: In the NC scriptures, we sometimes find lists. Lists of qualifications of elders and deacons, lists … more →
blcasey wrote 1 day ago: [Caveat lector: I wrote a brief "tickler" on this topic a couple of months ago (may be seen here). ] … more →
blcasey wrote 2 days ago: Once upon a blog, I ranted about something completely unimportant: silly no-cell-phone-while-driving … more →
blcasey wrote 3 days ago: Years ago I heard a taped sermon by Monte Cox on John chapter one. The title, or at least the summar … more →
blcasey wrote 5 days ago: When we are brought alive by faith, we know that our dying age—with its wars and exploitation and de … more →
blcasey wrote 6 days ago: A recent public reader recited the familiar “seven ones” passage from Ephesians 4 – one Lord, one fa … more →
blcasey wrote 1 week ago: As a sort of prelude to my plan to write an installment or two about the 200-year-old Declaration an … more →
blcasey wrote 1 week ago: Today, we worshipped with gathered saints. I led worship in song and through the spoken word. My f … more →
blcasey wrote 1 week ago: A couple of years ago, a happenstance conversation involved the comparison of our Christian college … more →
blcasey wrote 2 weeks ago: [Ladies, don't be offended. I'm certainly including the feminine gender in the following circumspec … more →
blcasey wrote 2 weeks ago: Statement D (from the United Methodist Church Book of Discipline): “Scripture is the primary s … more →
blcasey wrote 2 weeks ago: Statement B (from the doctoral position of the Wesleyan Theological Society): “We believe in t … more →
blcasey wrote 3 weeks ago: My post on “The End of a System” was probably on the edge of palatability for some. Sometimes I writ … more →
blcasey wrote 3 weeks ago: (Continued from yesterday’s post) Here’s another possible “flow”: you clue Jesse in that your … more →
blcasey wrote 4 weeks ago: Invoking God’s presence — the invocation. Speaking good words (from God) — the ben … more →
blcasey wrote 1 month ago: The existence of clerics in Christendom troubles me frequently. (Like every time I hear someone refe … more →
blcasey wrote 1 month ago: A few friends have referred to a subrepertory of Contemporary Christian worship (and other) songs as … more →
blcasey wrote 1 month ago: I read an online article about the rock band U2. I instantly saw connections between the church and … more →
blcasey wrote 1 month ago: I’m a frequent observer of congregational advertising and recently noticed this on a local chu … more →