Author Archives: Paul Harris

About Paul Harris

Pastor Harris retired from congregational ministry after 40 years in office on 31 December 2023. He is now devoting himself to being a husband, father, and grandfather. He still thinks cenobitic monasticism is overrated and cave dwelling under.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Egalitarianism

Posted on February 2, 2026 by Paul Harris

This is a picture of one of my son’s over 30 years ago in my LBE, Load Bearing Equipment. I’m sure they have other names for this gear now. In fact in the 70s it was called something else too. … Continue reading →

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Sobriety, Ecstasy, Revivalism, and Church Growth

Posted on January 26, 2026 by Paul Harris

Here’s a title to rival Lutheran sermon titles from the 17th and 18th centuries. Let’s see if I can make it make sense.

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The Relationship Between Trophies for all and Elitism for None

Posted on January 19, 2026 by Paul Harris

All my kids (I think) played Little League in Louisiana. It was in the mid to late-nineties that one of them came home from his last game with a foot or taller trophy. I know his team was not in … Continue reading →

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Back-Alley Abortions and Murder

Posted on January 12, 2026 by Paul Harris

Now that abortion “rights” have become a states’ issue and no longer a federal right you regularly hear rabid young women (mostly) fairly frothing at the mouth foretelling back-alley abortions and the butchering that entails. On the right, you will … Continue reading →

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For Millennials and Gen Z who know the “Truth” about Science and Religion and Christianity’s Collusion, Approval, and Support of Slavery, Witch-Hunts, and Suppression of Science

Posted on January 5, 2026 by Paul Harris

If you think you know these things, you need to read this 2003 book by Rodney Stark For the Glory of God – How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery. These are notes I took … Continue reading →

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Some Divine Truths Can Only Be Illustrated by Human Absurdity

Posted on December 29, 2025 by Paul Harris

I’ll give you an example of this: David’s overwhelming love for Absalom which leads to his open rebellion, eventually hanging by his hair/head plucked from his running horse by a tree branch, and pierced through with many arrows, illustrates God’s … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Blog

Posted on December 22, 2025 by Paul Harris

I searched in vain for the sermon of bygone years where I said we really shouldn’t be too critical of the 1969 invented holiday of Kwanzaa since our American Christmas – the cards, the tree, Santa, and the snow-covered landscape … Continue reading →

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We Got Next

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Paul Harris

Have you seen the “We Got Now” ad campaign by New Balance? We’ll have I got one for Nike, Adidas, or Reebok, et. al. to respond with. It came to me when me and the Mrs. visited an Apple store … Continue reading →

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Not Knowing How the Day Will End

Posted on December 8, 2025 by Paul Harris
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The Sunday Scaries

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Paul Harris

I let my subscription to Harper’s lapse for a year before they made be an offer that I couldn’t refuse. Though I often referred to Harper’s in this blog overall the writing frustrated me muchly.

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