===Unfortunately, for this third part, I have not been able to strip the paper of references that are specific to the course. So, there will be one or two areas that will not be fully clear because they refer to course textbooks or experiences.=== For the Chaplain, the ontological reality of our being created in […]
Archives for November 2017
Who are we, really? The effects of sin.
=== This is another part of my paper for a doctoral course. As I mentioned in the first post, part of being created in the image of God is that we are drawn to community. But, what has sin done to that community? === If expulsion from Paradise is individual punishment, expulsion from Babel is […]
Who are we, really?
The Eastern Orthodox begin all their theology with the Holy Trinity. But, it is not a scholastic conception of God with which they begin but with God as Trinity, God as Community, a more personalistic understanding. It is in the Holy Trinity and its interrelationships that the measuring rule is found for the Chaplain who […]
Thanksgiving 2017
So, today is Thanksgiving. Sadly, in today’s modern world, there is a pumpkin full of deconstructionists waiting to tell us what Thanksgiving is not, what Thanksgiving has never been, and how we should throw away this holiday. In fact, if you listen to the deconstructionists, we would essentially have to throw away just about everything. […]
The missing argument
Two days ago we had an election which certainly startled everyone. While there was an expectation of Democratic gains, nobody expected them to be as strong as they were. The gains may or may not continue. However, I did notice that there was a missing argument in the pre-election political circus. It was an argument […]
Where I stand
A few days ago, we celebrated the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. In the USA, it did not make the news that much. I saw a couple of interesting articles on the subject. One of them that impacted me was the article that said that the reason we do not speak much about the Reformation […]
