Archive for May, 2006

To Note As They Go

Sunday, May 28th, 2006

My apologies go to those of you who are worshipping here at First Parish for the first time. This is not a typical Sunday morning. It is the Sunday morning of Memorial Day weekend, and for thirty years or so, I have used the occasion to recognize the deaths of people who were alive when [...]

Religious Scholarship in the News: Judas, Gnosticism, & Biblical Originals

Sunday, May 7th, 2006

Religion has been in the news of late, and not just because of the mega-church phenomenon or the political clout of the religious right. Actual religious scholarship has made some headlines, religious scholars are interviewed on talk radio, at least on national public radio, and scholarly religious books make the best-seller lists.
One of the books [...]