In our debut podcast, R. Daniel and I discuss The Fools, rudeness, and marriage. All of which, of course, relate. For reference, our first post — Is Your Church Too Cool for Family? — JP https://s3.amazonaws.com/thefools/The+Fools-+1.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
Archives for January 2014
10 Ways to Make Christians Love You
(Some of the following are great choices if God leads you to make them on a personal level. The problem comes in when we believe they are automatically better for everyone and the standard for maturity in Christ. Confession: I listen to Christian music and hate gory movies. -JP) Everyone knows Christians are supposed to love […]
Pilgrim’s Regress
Today I, Richard Demsick, am going on a pilgrimage with my wife. No, we aren’t going to wear funny hats and have dinner with native Americans. Well we might be wearing funny hats, but they will be Kippahs because we are going to Israel. That’s right, a fool is traveling to the Holy Land, where […]
Do You Really Love Me?
Sometimes we love people close to us so much we forget to love them. I know. I’m guilty of it. When Jesus met Peter on the beach over brunch of broiled fish and a toasty fire, after that awkward “Do-I-know-you” head tilt move at Jesus in Pilate’s courtyard, he had only one question. He asked […]
Why Your Church is Run Poorly
The First Administrator If there is anything I have been criticized for in my approach to church it is administration. After being told enough times that you are bad at administration you start to believe it. You don’t question the understanding of administration, and what makes a good administrator, when the world seems to hold […]
1984: What Do You Know?
1984: Do You Know Big Brother? Book Review In a future not far from today, a poster lines the city streets, cameras on every corner. The poster; the face of a man of about forty-five, with a heavy black moustache and ruggedly handsome features, and the words “Big Brother is Watching You”. I don’t know […]
Father to the Fools: The King of Resolutions
Happy New Year Welcome to 2014 a year of change, or at least we hope so. We all want change in our life in one category or another. We know that we are not the people we could or maybe even want to be. Which means now is the time for resolutions, primarily maybe; I […]