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Spirituality Channel Series

Make the Moment – How Churches can get Involved

Make the Moment can help you unlock the skills & talents in your congregation. With that kind of information, what kind of difference could you start making in your community? With that kind of knowledge, where will God lead your church?

The Spiritual Landscape

Metadata, Security, and the Spiritual Demands of Freedom

When our fears subvert our commitment to virtue, we squander the only thing we really have: the opportunity to live with faith and courage.

Edgy Exegesis

My Name Is Legion, What's Yours? Reflections on Luke 8:26-39

Have our demons fled at the command of Christ or are they still in residence?

Mark Roberts

Called by God to Be a Banker

In light of the recent financial meltdown, the banking industry has become suspect in the eyes of...

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Opening the Old Testament

What Are You Doing Here? Reflections on 1 Kings 19:1-4, 8-15a

Miracles are like that. They don't provide solid foundations for ongoing faith. Just ask Jesus.

Sarcastic Lutheran

Sermon (prayer, actually) on Jesus Loving Us So Much He Wants to Throw Up

2013-09-06 NWB Sermon-1<—click here to listen along. It makes more sense when heard and not just read, I promise. A few years ago I wrote a book about the experience of watching 24 consecutive hours of bad Christian television.  My friends and family signed up for an hour each to watch along with me. The [...]

On Scripture

Fear and Wisdom in the Immigration Debate

By Raj Nadella They have many labels. Undocumented immigrants. Illegal Immigrants. Illegal Aliens. Wetbacks. Jan Brewer, the governor of Arizona, recently suggested that most of them are “drug mules.” Some have even called them “terrorists.” But few are known by their real names or treated as people with real lives. Most of them live at [...]

Living a Holy Adventure

The Adventurous Lectionary for June 23: Questions That Change the World

Lectionary Reflections for the Fifth Sunday in Pentecost – June 23, 2013 I Kings 19:1-4, 8-15a; Psalm 42 and 43; Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 8:26-39 Questions that Change the World “What are you doing here?” God’s question to frightened Elijah addresses us all.  Why have we taken this path?  What events got us into our current situation or life [...]

Edges of Faith

The Patron Saint of Poop: How My Kids Fell in Love with the Saints

Like most of my good ideas, this one happened by accident. Four days into the Lenten season, I had nothing — no fast, no practice, no structure for the 40 days — even though I had spent most of January talking up the season to my two sons. We had gone to our Ash Wednesday [...]