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  • Diary of a Ziegenbalgian

    [The following is an email my mother sent out after her trip to India for the 300th anniversary of Protestant Missions. – Ernie P.] Diary of a Ziegenbalgian. “Trust in the Lord and do good and so shalt thou dwell in the land and verily thou shall be fed.” Ps.…

  • Salvation across many religions, by Philip John

    They take pride in the Gothic architecture of their church building or wonderful stained glass windows and of course the Alter is a holy place so you approach it without shoes and talk in hushed tones.And all this while God is looking on in bewilderment and wondering what on earth…

  • Psalm 39 Tongue-Tied

    Questions: Is it better to say nothing that to say something wrong? What is our overriding purpose? For what do we wait? Is there anything worth hoping in? “Read More” to pursue answers in the Psalms.

  • Psalm 38 Buke, Buke, Re-Buke

    Questions: Does God rebuke us? In anger? Should He? Why or why not? Dare we face our ultimate accountability to God? How? And if so, then what happens next? “Read More” to pursue answers in the Psalms.

  • Psalm 37 Un-fret-tered

    Questions: Why do we fret ourselves? Why might we envy the wicked? How is “delight” the alternative? Is God worth waiting for? Upon? Is meekness worth the reward? “Read More” to pursue answers in the Psalms.

  • Psalm 36 Wicked!

    Questions: Why does David dwell on the wicked? Is that fair? Should we? How does wickedness co-exist with the holiness of God? How can we avoid falling into wickedness ourselves? “Read More” to pursue answers in the Psalms.

  • A Family Affair

    Whew! After a month or so of neglect, I’m finally catching up on my blog reading (and writing). One thing in particular I want to do is link to a blog post by my mother, Esther Prabhakar, who last month was celebrating 300 years of Christianity in India.

  • A Moving Experience

    In case anyone’s wondering why I’ve been posting so infrequently (sorry, Alan), it is because we have been moving! After three years in Sacramento while Sandhya attend residency in Family Medicine, we’ve moved back to the San Jose area (actually, Santa Clara). She starts with the Camino Medical Group on…

  • Psalm 35 Fight, Song

    Questions: Is God on our side? Dare we ask him to fight for us? Dare we not? Does he care? Should he? “Read More” to pursue answers in the Psalms.

  • The Creed of Love’s Dominion (CoLD)

    This Creed of Love’s Dominion (CoLD) is the theological counterpart of my Radical Centrist Manifesto. It summarizes my religious (non-contingent) beliefs about the nature of divinity. After one, two, three, four-and-a-half attempts, [Read More] to see what I’m happy with enough to label “Version 1.0.” It may not be perfect…

  • Psalm 34 Mad, Mad Faith

    Questions: Is it crazy to trust God at all times? Can we trust him to deliver us from all our fears? Or do we need to take matters into our own hands? “Read More” to pursue answers in the Psalms.

  • A Bottom-Up Creed, Take 4c: Love’s Dominion

    Well, I think I’m converging. At least, I haven’t come up with a better name (or numbering scheme :-). What do you think? They say perfection comes, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing to take away. Is there any more to take away?

  • A Bottom-Up Creed, Take 3: Love’s Dominion

    If at first (or second) you don’t succeed, try, try again. 🙂 This time with yet another nifty title, focusing more on the approach itself rather than (merely) reacting against modernity. [Read more] to see if I’m making any progress…

  • A Retro-Modern Creed, Take II: The C of Love

    As promised, here’s another attempt at a post-modern creed. However, I’ve chosen to use the term “retro-modern”, as this looks back towards modernistic creeds in a way informed by post-modern critiques. In particular, it posits “love” as the universal concept which transcends societal relativism, the way Einstein’s “c” (the speed…

  • A Post-Modern Creed, Take One: Truth, Justice and Love

    In the Epilogue A Generous Orthodoxy, Brian confesses that the one thing he’d do differently would be to change the title to something like “Towards a Generous Orthodoxy”, since he’s providing more of a journey than a destination. I see this as both the strength and the weakness of his…

  • DiaBlogue: The Pursuit of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth

    In a A Scattered Review of The Pilgrim’s Regress, Alan does an excellent job of summarizing the intersection of Lewis’ ramblings and our diablogue. I must commend him on such a quick and comprehensive read, as well as a remarkably concise summation. Alan then asks, “Ernie, is there anything to…

  • Psalm 33 Rational Exuberance

    Questions: Do we have any right to be happy? Is God really trustworthy? Is joy attainable? Even mandatory? “Read More” to pursue answers in the Psalms.

  • Re-Deemed by Ernest N. Prabhakar

    The following poem is a sequel to Trappist.

  • Trappist by Ernest N. Prabhakar

    The following poem was inspired by Kenneth, but it isn’t about him. It is about me.

  • DiaBlogue: CAWK-ward Comments

    Alan provides a lucid and gentle view of What Is Wrong with Christianity (and People), in response to my relatively Hate -ful post. While his description was more than fair, there were a few very minor potential confusions I wanted to clear up. I started by creating a comment, but…