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September 2023

September 18, 2023
"Fascism will come to America wrapped in the flag while carrying the cross." - not...
September 14, 2023
Like everyone else, I am guilty of listening to what I want to hear. Most...
September 12, 2023
Jesus showed up just after I began my sermon Sunday morning. He was in the...
September 07, 2023
A straight white male attended our local pride event. It was me. I am not...
September 05, 2023
Church, we need to talk. I know we do a lot of it. We talk...

August 2023

August 31, 2023
United Methodists ask that question in our membership vows. Will you be loyal? Today, I...
August 28, 2023
A lot of my early ministry was filled with either/or thinking. The extent of me...
August 24, 2023
Is a seminary education worth getting? It is a major commitment to earn the Master...
August 21, 2023
The Bible has religious propaganda within its pages. Some friends of mine will say it...
August 17, 2023
I saw a license plate that read, "Jesus The Ultimate Volunteer." It was orange lettered....
August 14, 2023
Humility is overcoming hubris. This time of year spiders remind me of it. In the...
August 10, 2023
Bill Bryson tells of a neighbor who drove to a nearby gym which would be...
August 07, 2023
Westerns are often revenge stories. We could name any number of them. Last night, I...
August 03, 2023
Do we picture Jesus as a person on the margins? Progressive Christians do see him...

July 2023

July 31, 2023
Telling a lie for a good cause presents an ethical quandary. Rahab's lie is upheld...
July 24, 2023
An issue for many addicts choosing recovery is the obvious connection between evangelical ideas of...
July 17, 2023
As the meeting began, the chair solemnly opened with righteousness, "I think it is important...
July 13, 2023
Practically everyone knows about the church mask. All calls for authenticity in churches are calls...
July 10, 2023
Church folk sure like going to court. Imagined injuries now make  laws and policies. The...
July 06, 2023
The Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program is often referred to as the TCAP test. My son...
July 03, 2023
The Supreme Court has spoken. And in doing so, proves the languishing of capitalism and...

June 2023

June 29, 2023
"I'm an old straight white guy standing up," I shouted, "And you can too!" The...
June 26, 2023
When I tell people where I serve in ministry, or go to a new setting,...
June 22, 2023
The missing Oceangate Submersible Titan opens the door for people who love to wish evil on...
June 19, 2023
Do lay people think of themselves as customers consuming worship? Pastors, like me, are appalled...
June 13, 2023
My grandparents had a big throw blanket with a picture of Jesus on it. At...
June 12, 2023
Earth is more than the planet on which we live. It is the word we...
June 08, 2023
I was awakened by the innkeeper's servant. She was a young girl who had been...
June 01, 2023
I am happy to announce that my memoir The Sun Still Shines has been published....

May 2023

May 30, 2023
The danger of disaffiliation is not smaller churches, budgets, and a smaller denomination. The danger...
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