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February 2012

February 28, 2012
This week a few friends and I looked through Jeremiah 7:1-15. It's a text that...
February 25, 2012
I remember when I was in middle school I had a teacher who began class...
February 23, 2012
February 22, 2012
Giving Up Racism: My ProjectToday marks the beginning of Lent, Ash Wednesday. Every year millions...
February 20, 2012
This Wednesday millions of Christians will gather in churches and receive a cross on their...
February 20, 2012
There has recently been a good deal of Religion bashing. Slogans like "religion kills" and...
February 14, 2012
Ben Steel talks with Billy Kangas about what it means to be a man of...
February 10, 2012
Loosing my keys is on my list of top five most frenzy inducing life situations....
February 10, 2012
Last week I started a debate on facebook about the charismatic movement and it's compatibility with the...
February 07, 2012
Some people today point to a golden era in church history where everyone got along....
February 07, 2012
Over the weekend I read through a book called Why Men Hate Going to Church by David...
February 01, 2012
Although the Early Church did not use the cross in the overt and casual way...

January 2012

January 31, 2012
The cross has become the quintessential symbol for the Christian faith. It’s placed on churches,...
January 28, 2012
Poetry is a dying art. Few people write it, read it, or would even know...
January 26, 2012
In our lives there are many directions we can focus on. In Helen Cepro's Journaling as a...

December 2011

December 12, 2011
One thing I love about the Covenant Church is the Congregational Vitality Program. I think...

November 2011

November 13, 2011
No theology today... just wanted to share a little beauty  
November 11, 2011
Goodnight everyone!
November 05, 2011
I don't generally review books that aren't strictly theological, but I recently read the book "Same Kind...
November 01, 2011
This morning I decided to go to the daily liturgy at a local Ukrainian Catholic...

October 2011

October 29, 2011
Tomorrow is Reformation Sunday. This is the Sunday where Protestants remember the birth of the...
October 25, 2011
In the 1960s the Catholic Church released the document “Decree on the Apostolate of the...
October 17, 2011
October 15, 2011
I.  The Lighting of the Candle: Leader #2 [the designated assistant] leads the following meditation.Leader #2In...
October 13, 2011
A mentor of mine once said, “you’ll know you’re a leader when you turn around...
October 12, 2011
Worship in Greek can mean to kiss towardIf I asked 15 people to give me...
October 11, 2011
There is a great deal of freedom within the Covenant Affirmations (my denomination's statement of...
October 10, 2011
I recently gave a talk for the Word of God Community's Fall retreat. Here is...
October 08, 2011
Here is a video I have always loved
October 07, 2011
Fellow theology nerd and UberBlogger David Withun has created a list of 15 books that he claims...
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