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February 2012

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...
October 06, 2011
The Jesus prayer is the simple prayer, “Κύριε Ιησού Χριστέ, Υιέ του Θεού, ελέησόν με, translated: “Lord...
October 04, 2011
When I first started working in ministry I asked a local ministry leader if he...
October 02, 2011

September 2011

September 29, 2011
 My challenge for readers is to post a series of images that reflect the Confessional Lutherans...
September 27, 2011
I recently received the following e-mail, and I thought that I would share my response with all...
September 10, 2011
I recently visited the “Mars Hill Bible Church” in Grand Rapids, MI. This is not...
September 06, 2011
For all the seminary students out there using Biblical Hebrew: An Introductory Grammar by Page H. Kelley...

August 2011

August 09, 2011
Why do we act like it is?
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