It’s A Formality – Part Two

In a recent blog on the issue formality and spirituality regarding clothing, I was questioning the big deal we make about clothing and its relation to ‘church services’.  (Read it again, it’s worth while to get the context on where I’m coming from with what follows.) There is something of a conceit with the whole […]

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It’s A Formality – Part One

Sometimes it’s best not to question certain practices and norms, because when you start to question you start on a slippery slope to rebellion against that which our fathers and forefathers held in high regard. Take for example clothes. I do believe that clothes makes the man.  I do believe that fashion makes a statement […]

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Oh The Glory Of Your Presence

There are a number of versions of this song doing the rounds going from efforts like this to more solo black-gospel style versions.  It’s not uncommon to hear this sung in crusades and large meetings from tele-evangelists, etc.  (I’ll leave that to you to decipher if that’s a good or bad thing, but it is […]

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