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May 2020

May 12, 2020
It’s difficult to tell from Pete Ward’s richly ambiguous title whether his new book is...
May 11, 2020
Blessed are you, holy God. You are the creator of the waters of the earth....
May 06, 2020
In other words, in some ways, we’re all monastics now. Historically, those who took vows...

April 2020

April 30, 2020
The following reflections refer to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's draft Social Message on...
April 28, 2020
Today I was out picking up large rocks in the back-yard. My goal is to...
April 23, 2020
Although some traditional board games still dominate the market (Chess, Checkers, Backgammon, Scrabble, Monopoly, Clue,...
April 22, 2020
Reverend Jonathan W. Barker was kind enough to send a copy of his book, Jesus...
April 21, 2020
Let's be clear from the start: metaphorically equating the two complex things named in the...
April 21, 2020
Christian communities can learn quite a bit from playing Minecraft or observing or participating in...
April 20, 2020
It started with Hearthstone. After a lengthy (twenty year) hiatus from role-playing or video game...
April 17, 2020
Music is one of the things keeping me centered through this time. Wondering what y'all...
April 15, 2020
Once women won the right to vote, Dorothy Day never voted. Spending time recently with...
April 11, 2020
"The metaphorical view is not the one that was held in the New Testament (which...
April 09, 2020
This morning I'm watching a PBS special with my kids about the Lutherans Tycho Brahe...
April 03, 2020
Let's go point by point through the Lutheran confessional documents in order to see what...

March 2020

March 28, 2020
I'm going to keep this short and simple, because none of us are operating at...
March 24, 2020
With enforced quarantines as a result of a global pandemic, church leaders across the Lutheran...
March 23, 2020
All of our curve-flattening and social distancing and use of new distributed media will mainstream...
March 20, 2020
Fair warning: this is a theological argument internal to the sacramental theology of one rather...
March 17, 2020
As a result of curve-flattening measures during this pandemic, liturgical worship communities across the country...
March 14, 2020
None of us have done this before. It's still incredibly surreal. And the situation is......
March 10, 2020
Guest columnist: Nik Robbins... to read his amazing blog and laugh (or learn) some more,...
March 05, 2020
This is NOT a progressive post repudiating the ancient creeds of the church (Apostles', Nicene,...

February 2020

February 29, 2020
On Religious Liberty When developing a vocabulary of culture and society, difficulties arise. It is...
February 21, 2020
If you survey the North American religious landscape, the evidence is pretty clear. The mega-churches...
February 10, 2020
It's one of the blessings in my life that the authors of The Long Southern...
February 06, 2020
The following essay is excerpted from the recently released Popular Culture and the Civic Imagination: Case...
February 04, 2020
I've got a pastor friend who is spectacular at being in her neighborhood for good....
February 01, 2020
First, full disclaimer: I have never used marijuana in my life, and have rarely even...

January 2020

January 29, 2020
Books under review in this post Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How...
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