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July 13, 2023
Heaven Is Within Us: Wrestling With Doubt on the Death of a Loved One
Wrestling With Doubt My grandmother died on Valentine’s Day. At the time, I tried to...
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Dear Churches, Please Keep Your Rainbow Flags Flying
Dear Churches, Please keep your rainbow flags flying. As June ends, many progressive churches are...
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Following the Call of the Spirit: Resurrecting Faith In Ourselves
To all who have set aside their dreams due to anxiety, who suffer from failure...
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Subversive Blessings: The Beatitudes As Guidance For Unconditional Love
Subversive Blessings The Sermon on the Mount, as I wrote in my last post, is...
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The Subversive Sermon on the Mount: A Blueprint for Beloved Community
Beloved And Misunderstood The Sermon on the Mount is the cornerstone of Jesus’ teaching, embodied...
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December 24, 2022
Saying Yes to the Spirit: A Meditation on Delivering Love Into the World
I. As Christmas draws near, I’m thinking About a courageous, vulnerable girl on the brink...
December 02, 2022
Advent Hope: Awakening to the Divine in a World of Violence
“Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an...
November 2022
November 19, 2022
Four Things That Will Happen When Love Reigns Supreme: A Christ the King Meditation
How Can Love Reign Supreme in a War-Torn World? Christ the King Sunday is approaching....
November 11, 2022
A Prayer for Turning Veteran’s Day Back Into Armistice Day
Respecting Soldiers; Rejecting War It is Veteran’s Day. As a pacifist, this is one of...
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October 28, 2022
Halloween Is About Meeting Fear With Love
It’s The Most Spooktacular Time of the Year A mischievous spirit swirls through the crisp...
October 25, 2022
The 8 Points of Progressive Christianity Have Changed. Here’s What They Are Now.
What Is Progressive Christianity? By definition, progressive Christianity is always evolving and therefore impossible to...
October 08, 2022
The Authority of Love: Following Jesus in a Post-Pandemic World
“Your faith has made you well.” (Luke 17:19) What would we do if we were...
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September 30, 2022
The Faith That Uproots Injustice Is Already Within Us
“If you had faith the size of this mustard seed, you could say to this...
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July 23, 2022
What I Wish Jesus Had Said: Mary, Martha, and What Love Requires In The Moment
Now, as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named...
July 16, 2022
The Good Samaritan, Eid Al-Adha, and Loving Our Interfaith Neighbor
“Who Is My Neighbor?” This year, the lectionary reading of the Good Samaritan coincided almost...
July 06, 2022
Independence Day as Repentance Day: From Empire to Beloved Community (Luke 10)
Repentance Day On the eve of “Independence Day” for a nation born in blood and...
July 02, 2022
Love Cannot Rest: A Queer-Affirming Reading of Luke 9:51-62
“Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man...
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Living Without Our Demons
Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion,” for many demons had...
June 17, 2022
God Is A Dance of Love: Three Reflections on the Trinity
Misunderstanding Trinity: The Existential Dread God is a Dance of Love, sweeping us into the...
June 11, 2022
Pride and Pentecost
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June 06, 2022
The Urgency of Faithful Peacemaking: Five Guiding Principles
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