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Saturday afternoon, at a church near our home, beloved pastor Tony Campolo*, shared that his...

I absolutely adored Bible studies as a young evangelical. Finding my way into the progressive...

It's late and I would enjoy drifting off into dreamland but something in me feels...

Three Reasons Why I am going to the Wildgoose Festival this Summer In 2005, my...

I cried on Easter Sunday...actually, Jesus my bridegroom wept because again He went unrecognized. It's...

Three Things Our Friends Experiencing Homelessness Need from You I spend my days working at...

Are you aware of  the peaceful revolution underway-- a new Pentecost is taking place in...

Verbally abused in an unwarranted and shocking attack in my home this week by someone...

When did this happen?  She felt like an overcooked porkchop... Where was her essence, flavor...

 How We failed at Successful Church Planting     I sat with middle aged white...

She was a friend of GOD I’m just getting in from my friend of 33...

Merry Christmas from the Killjoy Prophets! We love the holidays as much as anyone. Sure,...

It’s Advent again. This is the time, leading up to Christmas, when we reflect upon...

Two days ago I purchased my monthly copy of Mantra Yoga+Health magazine. I was anticipating...

Cricket:   Jesus is never mad at us — if we live with him in our...

In 2012, a Pew Foundation Survey on religion revealed the rising number of religiously unaffiliated...

Two and a half years ago I attended my first Centering Prayer retreat at the...

Growing up in the Epicenter of all known culture in Georgia, West Georgia, Douglasville to...

I am not a writer. There, I've said it and it feels good to get...

"Now brother Woodley, Rev. _______ will share his apology with you and then you can...

The busy, dizzy bustle in this lonely, lonely world. Traffic moving forward. People moving back....

Today, I'm posting about the American enterprise of war but really more about how precious...

Over the next several months I will be posting some of my poetry every Wednesday....

It is coming….the signs of restored racism in our society are beginning to show… Increased...

In this cynical and snarky world in which we live, we are getting pretty good...

It Was A Night Around Christmas The meaning of this poem will be reflected in...

I began this conversation I called, See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me as...

(I began this series See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me as a challenge...

I actually began the series See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me as a...

(Read the Introduction to this series) So, what is the cost to the whole community...