And Now for the Rev. Dr. Part of the Garbageman

It's been too long! Time to start blogging again. My trash hauling gig ended a few years back with the advent of a new policy in St. Paul that put most of the small haulers out of business, including the one my friend Wes owned, and that I worked for. Yet, once a garbageman, always a garbageman. 

I want to share some of the "Rev. Dr." part of Rev. Dr. Garbageman. This is a 20 minute clip from last Sunday's gathering at Zion, the small, beautiful church where I am pastor (half time) in the Midway of St. Paul. Here I deal with the problem of biblical literalism with regard to a fantastic (literally) story. I then propose a more useful way to approach ancient stories such as this that might just be helpful in the present day. 

In this is a nutshell of my Ph.D dissertation in which I ask the question, "How are mythic stories true?"

I hope you will be intrigued with the question, and the proposal...