Blogs about: Rants And Rutabagas

Prefixes and Suffixes (997)

Brian Casey wrote 1 month ago: Sometimes, the things we add to the beginnings and ends of things appear superfluous. Words Certain … more →

Tags: Biblical (or abiblical) doctrine, Zedonk

Voices: yeah ... no (993)2 comments

Brian Casey wrote 1 month ago: The problems with the clergy-laity system are a) centuries old and b) pandemic.  Most of my disputes … more →

Tags: Clergy-Laity System, Church tradition & practice, Amer. Rest. Mvmt. (Stone-Campbell), leadership, Voices, Christian Chronicle, Ken Singleton, preacher-centrism, Preacheritis

Rant on a gun-rant

Brian Casey wrote 3 months ago: License plate in a Bible Belt parking lot The message above represents what’s wrong with the N … more →

Tags: Christian Living, Biblical (or abiblical) doctrine, license plate, Slogans, NRA, Gun Control, Redneck

Experienced in large churches

Brian Casey wrote 3 months ago: Some aspects of church gatherings are related to the group’s size. Pacing.  As a musician, I n … more →

Tags: Church tradition & practice, assembly, Amer. Rest. Mvmt. (Stone-Campbell), leadership, Hymns & Church Music, Counting, TemPós, Large Church, Attendance

Voices: a saxophonish timbre2 comments

Brian Casey wrote 3 months ago: The saxophone.  The butt of many jokes told by art-music musicians.  Also thought by many to be the … more →

Tags: Voices, parking spaces, handicap spaces, Ada, Disability

Eulogizings and ponderings

Brian Casey wrote 3 months ago: “Isn’t it amazing how those songs went right along with the sermon?  And the song leader … more →

Tags: Christian Living, Amer. Rest. Mvmt. (Stone-Campbell), leadership, Inspiration, Sermons, judy barker, Christian Chronicle, Andy T. Ritchie Jr., Marshall Keeble

Highways in context

Brian Casey wrote 6 months ago: Among many other things, my dad taught me to think about geographies and topographies.  Roads would … more →

Tags: Scripture, Context, Houghton, Allegany County, Fillmore

Slogans in context3 comments

Brian Casey wrote 6 months ago: My undergraduate institution, Harding University, toward which I still feel some fondness and loyalt … more →

Tags: Scripture, Amer. Rest. Mvmt. (Stone-Campbell), leadership, Harding University, Context, Christian Slogans, Houghton College, Marketing, Public Relations

Top 10 reasons to like New York State

Brian Casey wrote 6 months ago: 10. Apples 9. The Amish neighbors that are pretty much unaffected by tourism and rampant commerce 8. … more →

Zero tolerance in sign manufacturing5 comments

Brian Casey wrote 6 months ago: Sometimes, the main hurdle is simply figuring out what you don’t know and then asking someone … more →

Tags: stupid signs, incorrect signs, <punctuation>, Lynne Truss, Eats Shoots & Leaves

A musical artist2 comments

Brian Casey wrote 7 months ago: What makes an “artist” an Artist? In these days of the indiscriminate bandying about of … more →

Tags: Clergy-Laity System, Government, Inspiration, Artist, Artistic, gifted, mark jenkins, GYSGT, usmb

Inappropriate2 comments

Brian Casey wrote 7 months ago: Some things are just inappropriate. The use of John Lennon’s song “Imagine” in the … more →

Tags: Clergy-Laity System, Christian Living, Government, religious titles, reverend, Get Out the Vote, rock the vote, Pollitics, John Lennon

Why, oh, why?4 comments

Brian Casey wrote 7 months ago: I think some of my rants are quasi-important, but since I haven’t indulged in one for a while, … more →

Tags: New York, Honda Accord, license plate, front

Inconsistencies7 comments

Brian Casey wrote 7 months ago: We humans can be really hypocritical inconsistent. 1.  Some Mormons once told me they were forbidden … more →

Tags: Clergy-Laity System, Church tradition & practice, assembly, Christian Living, Amer. Rest. Mvmt. (Stone-Campbell), Biblical (or abiblical) doctrine, leadership, Church of Christ, Mormons

Loopy1 comment

Brian Casey wrote 8 months ago: Now from Worship Leader columnist Phil Sillas comes a mention of Loop Community.  (Boy, am I out of … more →

Tags: Worship, Worship Leader, phil sillas, Loop Community, Loops, technology

It ain’ all it’s cracked up to be5 comments

Brian Casey wrote 8 months ago: Digital technology.  It’s not that it leaves much to be desired itself—my goodness, it can manage so … more →

Tags: Christian Living, facebook, Staying In Touch, keeping in contact, Stay in touch, Digital Technology

Is your life a channel?2 comments

Brian Casey wrote 8 months ago: Although my own life might be fairly characterized, alternately, as a TV drama with very little susp … more →

Tags: Christian Living, Monday Music, Blessings, Blessing

Christianmingle.com3 comments

Brian Casey wrote 8 months ago: If my wife died, I think I would probably eventually check out Christianmingle.com.  But I would als … more →

Tags: Christian Living, christianmingle.com

There’s a reason they call them “essentials”2 comments

Brian Casey wrote 8 months ago: While back in Colorado, where I spent two years in grad school plus quite a few shorter stints, I wa … more →

Tags: water, Colorado, Air


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