Jim Flowers (Page 72)

We approach the Sunday of Pentecost, the fiftieth day after Easter…Many refer to Pentecost as the birthday of the Church…the day the church received the Holy Spirit, according to Luke, the writer of Acts. The writer of the Gospel of John tells us that the disciples received the Spirit on theRead More →

K. and I had an exhilarating experience last Friday. It was a beautiful day and we went over to Fairhope to check out the new Windmill Market. It is a crafts and farmer’s market that has been designed to be earth friendly…recycled water, solar and wind power…hydroponic plantings all around…everything madeRead More →

After seeing Tim James’ inane campaign ad having to do with driver’s tests only being in English in the State of Alabama; and after the passage of Arizona’s draconian immigration law, immigration reform is very much on my mind. It may well be the most important issue facing this countryRead More →

I don’t know why I do it; but sometimes I can’t help glancing at Billy Graham’s column in the Religion section of the paper…I guess I shouldn’t be so critical of his patriarchal theistic theology, after all he comes from an earlier post World War II generation that needed comfort in theRead More →

I just ordered Jurgen Moltmann’s new book: Sun of Righteousness Arise: God’s Future for Humanity and the Earth. He is borrowing a line from Wesley’s classic lyrics of the cherished hymn Christ whose Glory Fills the Skies. The line in full is, “Sun of righteousness arise, triumph o’er the shadesRead More →