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April 2020

April 18, 2020
The way Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear conducts his daily COVID-19 briefings is a master class...
April 12, 2020
The women ran from the tomb afraid.  Words failed them. Mark’s Gospel in the midst...
April 09, 2020
Because of COVID-19, I’m thinking about the Maundy Thursday rituals of foot washing and communion...
April 05, 2020
Palm Sunday's 'Hosanna' takes on a new meaning when facing the coronavirus epidemic. What it...
April 03, 2020
I already teach online, so I should be used to using Zoom non-stop during the...
April 01, 2020
It is uncanny that on this 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Earth is finally getting...

February 2020

February 29, 2020
Meet Corina Newsome, a black, millennial, Evangelical, zoologist/biologist whose work focuses on connecting faith, science,...
February 28, 2020
Dr. Natasha DeJarnett reflects on climate, public health, and the intersections of race and pollution....
February 27, 2020
Rev. Lennox Yearwood reflects on the power of faith to address the intersections of race...
February 25, 2020
Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley, a veteran of both the Civil Rights Movement and the Climate...
February 24, 2020
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of our Lenten journey.  It is a time to return...
February 23, 2020
On Transfiguration Sunday, divinity touches humanity.  Transcendence touches immanence.  Love touches fear.
February 21, 2020
The Transfiguration of Jesus asks us: what kind of church shall we be in the...
February 20, 2020
For the Beauty of the Earth: A Lenten Devotional has spiritual practices that help us...
February 19, 2020
As we prepare for Lent and Easter, as well as the 50th Anniversary of Earth...
February 18, 2020
How can For the Beauty of the Earth be used as a congregational resource this...
February 16, 2020
I know that the future is uncertain and that anxiety is ever-present.  Things aren’t looking...

January 2020

January 26, 2020
As we commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day, Rabbi Mordechai Liebling shares lessons he has learned that...
January 21, 2020
Are you looking for a Creation-centered Lenten devotional?  For the Beauty of the Earth helps your...
January 20, 2020
Following God’s call can be exhausting and depleting. Isaiah 49:1-7 shows us sometimes we dream...
January 08, 2020
Is the Rapture upon us? Two books debunk apocalyptic fiction and equip the church for...
January 05, 2020
Antisemitism. Impending war with Iran. Australian fires and the climate crisis. Yes, the story of...
January 02, 2020
Read a chapter a day in Rooted and Rising to give you the spiritual resilience...
January 01, 2020
2019 was a productive year. I wrote three books and 60 blog pieces which garnered...

December 2019

December 31, 2019
My piece on Pastor Betty Rendón was the #1 post on Patheos for 2019. It...
December 30, 2019
Greta Thunberg is Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2019. This teenage climate activist...
December 29, 2019
We would like to avoid the story about the Slaughter of the Holy Innocents. But here...
December 26, 2019
It turns out Herod and Trump share much of the same backstory, qualities, and characteristics....
December 22, 2019
Joseph has a minor role in the Christmas story. But the relationship between Joseph and...
December 19, 2019
I’ve been thinking more about the Christmas story from Joseph’s point of view after having...
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