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Suddenly Republicans are pro-choice
After generations of opposition to a woman’s right to choose to end a pregnancy, some...
July 2021
July 03, 2021
God’s power is made perfect in us, through our weaknesses
According to Frederick Buechner, “Paul WASN'T MUCH TO LOOK AT. "Bald-headed, bowlegged, strongly built, a...
June 2021
June 26, 2021
Even when God is silent – I believe
Notes for a sermon... Psalm 130 130:1 Out of the depths I cry to you,...
May 2021
May 30, 2021
We’re not prepared for the catastrophe that’s coming
When the computer networks at Colonial Pipeline were hacked with ransomware, within days here in...
May 01, 2021
Speaking of sin
Notes for a sermon... Acts 8:26-39 8:26 Then an angel of the Lord said to...
April 2021
April 01, 2021
Jesus in the Garden on Easter Sunday
Jesus in the Garden -- An Easter Sunday sermon from 2021. John 20:1-18 Early on...
March 2021
March 06, 2021
Spring Cleaning
This third Sunday of Lent. Notes for a sermon... Spring Cleaning John 2:13-22 2:13...
January 2021
January 30, 2021
Jesus Drives Out the Unclean Spirits
(My sermon for Jan. 30, 2021) Mark 1:21-28 1:21 They went to Capernaum; and when the...
January 22, 2021
Is the Story of Jonah Really About a Whale?
(These are my notes for my sermon, Jan. 24) When we think about the story...
January 07, 2021
2021 Has Begun With the Unimaginable
So much happened in 2020 that we couldn’t imagine. The virus and the hundreds of...
December 2020
December 17, 2020
Third Sunday of Advent
Here are the notes of the sermon I delivered the third Sunday of Advent, 2020...
November 2020
November 20, 2020
“Who do people say that I am?”
Mark 8:27-38 27Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and...
November 05, 2020
Avoiding Trump’s Nero Decree
On March 19, 1945, Adolf Hitler issued an order to destroy German infrastructure to prevent...
October 2020
October 19, 2020
Keep going. Press on.
My new novel is 70,000 words. The way I write, each chapter is its own...
October 01, 2020
God Made You Unique
Garrett Brown invented the Steadicam. He invented it for and used it first on the...
September 2020
September 21, 2020
Mitch McConnell’s Government Teacher Would be Appalled
“The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court...
September 16, 2020
Let Your Light Shine
I watched the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button for the first time the...
September 09, 2020
What Are You Doing With Your Time?
There’s an axiom in advertising: “Half of all advertising is wasted – you just don’t...
September 06, 2020
The Racist Next Door
You pull into your driveway to see that the neighbors you don’t know very well...
September 03, 2020
Interesting Times
My grandmother taught in a one room school house. She was sixteen, teaching all grade...
August 2020
August 06, 2020
Liberty University’s Latest Embarrassment – Photographic evidence
Students and alumni of Liberty University, here is your president: Yet again, Jerry Falwell Jr. makes...
August 02, 2020
What is faith?
What is faith? Is it our belief in God? Or the confidence we have in...
July 2020
July 28, 2020
Faith on the Field of Dreams
In the movie Field of Dreams, Ray, his wife and daughter, and Terrance Mann can...
July 02, 2020
Readers of Faith on the Fringe will enjoy this
If you enjoy reading from a progressive Christian perspective, you’ll love Faith, Hope, and Baseball,...
June 2020
June 19, 2020
Living in Interesting Times
My grandmother taught in a one room school house. She was sixteen, teaching all grade...
June 15, 2020
A Lesson About Race
I learned an important lesson about race in the United States from an African-American classmate...
June 10, 2020
Confessions of a DoorDash Dasher
I didn’t read the instructions. I needed extra cash, so impulsively I downloaded the app...
June 06, 2020
Police Officers are Trained to be Cowards
In response to protests against police brutality, police across the country cracked down brutally— tear-gassing...
June 03, 2020
Trump is an anti-Christ fool: Don’t Get Distracted
President Trump’s pointless political posturing with a Bible in front of a church is an...
May 2020
May 25, 2020
Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind.
Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind. (an excerpt) by Stephen Crane Do not...
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