The So-Called "Feminization of the Church" is Not the Problem for Men
Droves of male students were flocking to a meeting on campus during my first year in seminary. I do not remember what it was called, but it had to do with why there aren't more men in churches. I walked alongside one male friend who was all pumped up about the event; he was commenting about "effeminate" churches.
The View from Mudsock Heights: Once Upon a Time There were Libraries …
By Dennis E. Powell | May 15, 2012 at 23:36:4
The sun rose gloriously over the hill. A few wisps of fog floated down by the creek and there was just the tiniest bit of frost on the tulips. What a good day, I thought, to consider Google. I don’t know for certain that Google is now evil, but I bet that if it isn’t it soon will be. No one has ever survived possession of that much power without slipping over to the dark side.
The Summitt of the Game
By Jason Kettinger | Apr 30, 2012 at 21:2:49
Sports and sports journalism are replete with overwrought praise, military imagery, and hero worship. I get that. I’m a theologian; when the excesses of this sort of thing get really out of hand, few feel worse about it than me. But I’ll take the risk now, and I won’t dare try to be objective. Pat Summitt is the reason women’s college basketball matters, and why it matters to me.
The View from Mudsock Heights: A Tiny Chance is Better than No Chance at All
By Dennis E. Powell | Apr 20, 2012 at 22:30:19
A few years ago a lady of my acquaintance, the wife of a colleague, suffered terribly from arthritis. The only thing that was effective at relieving her pain was a product called Vioxx.
Easter 2012: Missing the Call
By Timothy R. Butler | Apr 9, 2012 at 9:24:23
Have you ever had the experience where you had a conversation that seemed relatively ordinary until after the fact? Most of us have experienced this sort of retroactively meaning in our lives. Life would be different now, because what was normal ended.
The View from Mudsock Heights: An Attack on Freedom that Ought to Alarm Everyone
By Dennis E. Powell | Mar 24, 2012 at 16:12:34
Have you ever read the Bill of Rights? It is one of the foundational documents of our nation, put there to place limits on the power of the government. It specifies rights that are so fundamental that the even the government has no authority to deny or abridge them.
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