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July 2024

July 09, 2024
Last Saturday, I gathered with a few of my neighbors in the backyard. As often...
July 02, 2024
Things are not always as they seem. A month or so ago, a friend texted...

June 2024

June 25, 2024
Yesterday, my day went like this: Make some coffee. Walk the dog. Read a book....
June 18, 2024
Over spring break, my family hopped in the car to drive a couple hours’ south...
June 11, 2024
Questions can be a rather powerful thing, as you may well know. When I was...

March 2024

March 27, 2024
“It is finished.” - John 19:30 Jesus spoke these three words before he breathed his...

February 2024

February 29, 2024
Here’s a sermon for you, preached on September 3, 2023, at St. Paul’s Episcopal in...
February 08, 2024
It's not everyday that you get to celebrate a fifth birthday, but lo and behold,...

January 2024

January 26, 2024
As I whittle down the final words to my next book, Church Camp, I find myself grateful...

December 2023

December 27, 2023
If you haven't yet heard, this summer I signed a contract with Broadleaf Books for...
December 06, 2023
When a reader recently posed the following question, I knew its answer wouldn't be too...

September 2023

September 15, 2023
Here’s a sermon for you, preached on June 11, 2022, at St. Paul’s Episcopal in...
September 08, 2023
Here’s a sermon for you from November 6, 2022, preached at St. Paul’s Episcopal in...
September 01, 2023
Here’s a sermon for you, preached on February 12, 2023 at St. Paul’s Episcopal in...

June 2023

June 29, 2023
Here's a sermon for you from October 23, 2022, preached at St. Paul's Episcopal in...
June 22, 2023
This is a sermon given at St. Paul's Episcopal in San Rafael on March 27,...
June 15, 2023
Here's another sermon given at St. Paul's Episcopal in San Rafael on May 22, 2023....
June 08, 2023
This is a short sermon given at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on June 13, 2022....

November 2022

November 04, 2022
A question came across my desk the other day: When did Christianity become the world’s...

October 2022

October 25, 2022
A sermon from March 13, 2022, given at St. Paul's Episcopal in San Rafael:  Sometimes...
October 21, 2022
A sermon from October 10, 2021, given at St. Paul's Episcopal in San Rafael:  Good...

September 2022

September 16, 2022
This Sunday, if you didn't know, is National Back to Church Sunday. Popularized by an...

August 2022

August 10, 2022
This is a sermon from July 31, 2022, given at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in...

July 2022

July 13, 2022
Well, if this is not the best question to come across my desk, I don't...
July 11, 2022
Today's questions comes straight from the mouth of babes, which is to say that my...
July 07, 2022
There's only one CD I ever regret putting in the Goodwill pile: TLC's CrazySexyCool.  It was...
July 05, 2022
This last week, the following question came across my desk: "Why can't Christians do yoga?"...
July 02, 2022
When today's question came across my desk, I just smiled. I'm just as obsessed with...
July 01, 2022
Another question came my way: "Can Christians be depressed?" I read the words and shook...

June 2022

June 30, 2022
A couple of days ago, the following question came across my desk: “Can Christians meditate?”...
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