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October 2019

October 12, 2019
"God did not grant a Reformation to American Christendom. He gave strong revivalist preachers, [people]...
October 03, 2019
There are multiple ways to come at defining political theology, which is what I'm trying...
October 02, 2019
Imagine if you would this scenario: the federal government, at the instruction of the president,...

September 2019

September 20, 2019
Customer service is really hit or miss, especially online. I know I much prefer walking...
September 19, 2019
Confessing To Plants Somehow it's absolutely not surprising at all that the same day I...
September 11, 2019
I'm protesting at a detention center for unaccompanied minors. I’m in my collar, the full...
September 02, 2019
I would not claim this letter is from Jesus Christ himself, as John does of...

August 2019

August 31, 2019
If you ask where to run mid-afternoon in Tucson front desk will kindly suggest treadmills...
August 26, 2019
September 30th, 2019 marked the 100th anniversary of the Elaine Massacre, often characterized as the...
August 26, 2019
A wandering Aramean was my ancestor (Deuteronomy 26). Where were they going without ever knowing...
August 19, 2019
Megan Rapinoe, in her now famous speech in New York after winning the World Cup,...
August 13, 2019
Forgetting the "Protest" in "Protest-ant" Lately I've been wondering how Protestants forgot the "protest" in...
August 12, 2019
9.5 Theses On Being A Sanctuary Denomination "[One] who will not help or support others...
August 11, 2019
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit...
August 07, 2019
So, you'd like your church to declare itself part of the new sanctuary network. You...
August 06, 2019
What's up with the progressive spiritual tradition's almost dogmatic focus on this earthly life? As...
August 05, 2019
Some books are books, intended from inception for print. Other books arise out of vital...
August 03, 2019
Whenever readers embark on a bible reading journey beginning in Genesis and ending in Revelation,...
August 03, 2019
If you've got it all figured out, and are settled on all the answers, you're...
August 03, 2019
Lately I've been chatting with colleagues in my denomination about our theology of the Eucharist....
August 03, 2019
"I submit that the ultimate religious question today is no longer the Reformation's "How can...

July 2019

July 31, 2019
In short, precisely that which was generally considered piety (religion or eusebeia), reverencing the many gods,...
July 24, 2019
τοῦ λόγου δὲ ἐόντος ξυνοῦ ζώουσιν οἱ πολλοί ὡς ἰδίαν ἔχοντες φρόνησιν I. Burnt Sage...
July 17, 2019
Because I pastor a Lutheran Church in Arkansas, and because many people who come to...
July 04, 2019
First, there's the law of Israel, exemplified most clearly in the Decalogue, which prohibits the...

June 2019

June 29, 2019
A resolution on detention divestiture and shareholder advocacy Whereas, “Don't mistreat any foreigners who live...
June 22, 2019
"In the ELCA, the proportion of churches with average attendance of 50 or less increased...
June 20, 2019
June 20th marks Refugee Day – the 18th time the United Nations-designated day has been...
June 06, 2019
Gracious Lord, I beseech you, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, give our...

May 2019

May 31, 2019
Edwin Friedman said there are basically three characteristics common to any system that becomes imaginatively...
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