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November 2020

November 03, 2020
A Review: Because Scripture has been hijacked by religious, cultural, and political forces, we need...

October 2020

October 26, 2020
During the Second World War, Americans sacrificed in many ways. The United States rationed gasoline,...
October 19, 2020
Let's start with church confessions. Not all churches look to the same thing for their...
October 12, 2020
There's a surprising turn in the beloved Psalm 51. The psalmist sings, "For you have...
October 05, 2020
Christianity is sacramental. It is neither exclusively focused on words, as if it were solely...

September 2020

September 29, 2020
Some Notes In Three Stages While Reading the Pentateuch, Nevi'im, and Ketuvim I. Early Notes...
September 21, 2020
Full disclosure: a few summers back our family took a road trip with long stops...
September 14, 2020
“The matter is quite simple. The bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians...
September 03, 2020
There is a spirituality of labor, and a definite approach to work that Christianity has...
September 02, 2020
It is one of the primary Christian virtues that teaches us to approach other religions...

August 2020

August 25, 2020
I'm kind of embarrassed to admit that conversations about our church or denomination often have...
August 18, 2020
On July 31st, the federal moratorium on evictions ended. The following two weeks, landlords across...

July 2020

July 20, 2020
Mea Culpa First of all, I need to apologize. I've been slow. Even though we...
July 15, 2020
Let's start with a story I have a parishioner here in Arkansas highly active in...
July 08, 2020
“The promise of grace is not to be squandered; it needs to be protected from...

June 2020

June 25, 2020
by Kathryn Mary Lohre, who serves as Assistant to the Presiding Bishop and Executive for Ecumenical...
June 23, 2020
Well, this has all gone on much longer than anyone thought when it got started....
June 22, 2020
Bonhoeffer met an early death 70 years ago today in a Nazi concentration camp. Already...
June 22, 2020
It might be hyperbole to say that Reggie Williams' book on Bonhoeffer's black Jesus changes...
June 22, 2020
Bonhoeffer's Reception of Luther.  Michael P. DeJonge. Oxford University Press, 2017. Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran....
June 15, 2020
I'm suspicious of motivational speaking and power of positivity preaching. On the other hand, I...
June 15, 2020
In Bentonville, Arkansas, Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities are planning to build a shared tri-faith...
June 04, 2020
My dear friend Joshua Kenyon Daniel is now a priest in DC. He gives a...
June 03, 2020
I see in the New York Times today Tom Cotton is now training the same...
June 02, 2020
Donald Heinz, professor emeritus of religious studies at California State University and Lutheran minister in...

May 2020

May 28, 2020
In an era when the anxiety of influence and the need for distinctive "branding" reaches...
May 26, 2020
Holy baptism is an incredibly multi-valent sacrament. It signifies entrance into the life of the...
May 22, 2020
The most obvious reason. Coronavirus spreads most easily person-to-person. The virus that causes COVID-19 is spreading...
May 21, 2020
The question: Could you help me answer some theological questions? I would greatly appreciate your...
May 16, 2020
I. Saturday sees velcro detached from velcro and the paraments changed. Green. Ordinary time. Easter...
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