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Campaign season is here. Presidential campaigns begin on January 21st of the new term. Posturing...

Groucho Marx once said, "I would never join a club that wanted me as a...

Something did not happen in 2020. The United Methodist Church did not split. It wasn't...

This morning I did something I have done more times than I like to think...

Aaron made atonement for the congregation. It was necessary. Both he and Moses were attacked...

Believe it or not, most of us developed our first images of God based on...

Hats off to the last generalists. The pastor is the last true generalist of the...

President Trump is a foil for most progressive Christians. He epitomizes every criticism of the...

I recoiled the first time I read the words Acts concerning St. Paul's shipwreck. Luke...

I was silent for 8 minutes and 46 seconds yesterday. I stood there with thousands...

I suffer from a neurological condition called "essential tremor." A lay member of my congregation...

Jeremiah's words apply to the situation of the United States and the American churches over...

Remember Pentecost? It's that Holy Day fifty days after Easter Day. Yeah, that one. It...

Every generation is just arrogant enough to believe it has discovered all people "lead lives...

I was once told that "a liberal theologian is just an atheist dressed-up for church."...

A Religious Studies student brought a dish to her mother at work one day. She...

I remember the first time I was told I had "a pastor's heart." It was...

The meme world maintains that the Church is never closed. The building is closed. The...

I teach Bible studies. That's not a big surprise considering I am a pastor. Each...

Christians make bad proclamations out of good observations. St. Paul's famous observation from Romans 6:23,...

I have a question for everyone who thinks about divine judgment. What do you believe...

This is an announcement of an interview I am giving this week. I will be...

Good morning, God. Hear my prayer. It's April 22nd. We are commemorating the first Earth...

A community Easter egg hunt is an interesting example of commutative justice. Okay. Hold your...

Alfred Nobel never endowed a prize for mathematics. Legend has it his mistress left him...

I once saw a funny meme on a T-shirt. It read, "on the eighth day...

Jesus said to the disciples, "I give you a new commandment, that you love one...

Holy Week is the time we remember all of the events of the last week...

Our group stood on a catwalk looking over the restored floor on an ancient house...

Lent is almost over. Palm Sunday is almost here. The Easter Season is coming next....