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December 2020

December 28, 2020
Today we observe the massacre of the Holy Innocents. The story is about mass murder....
December 24, 2020
Linus told us what Christmas is all about. We try to remember it for the...
December 21, 2020
Mary is very important to the story of Jesus. Because, she is one of us....
December 17, 2020
When will the kingdom come? Good question. Why are you waiting for it? Another good...
December 14, 2020
Ecclesiastes is my favorite book of the Hebrew Bible. "Useless, useless, says the preacher, everything is...
December 10, 2020
Bullies want one thing. They want control. Everyone else ends up playing by the bully's...
December 08, 2020
What is the gospel except a manifesto of sorts? The word manifesto is overused. But...
December 03, 2020
Thanksgiving meals often begin with declarations of gratitude. The meal preparation is complete. But before...

November 2020

November 30, 2020
A "hillbilly eulogy" for Appalachia is long overdue. I barely recognize my own culture in...
November 23, 2020
Thanksgiving Day is controversial. No one should be surprised by it. I have often thought...
November 19, 2020
Four years ago, about this time, I stood up in a cluster charge conference and...
November 16, 2020
Disagreeing with Jesus does not seem to be an option. Jesus never agrees to disagree....
November 12, 2020
"We need more young people. We need more young clergy." No doubt you have heard...
November 09, 2020
Acedia is a spiritual malady that requires a physical cure. "Brothers and sisters, do not...
November 05, 2020
I am not surprised. No. Not in the least. Since the Bush/Gore election of 2000,...
November 02, 2020
United Methodists vote in ways pollsters hate. We are not so much bound by a...

October 2020

October 29, 2020
The best biblical image for a veil is the "torn curtain" in the Temple. It...
October 26, 2020
What is a concrete mystery? It is not understanding what is real. I have always...
October 22, 2020
Nonviolence is a vague doctrine for most of us. Is it absolute? What about self-defense?...
October 19, 2020
"The Invisible Hand never picks up the check" is a credited to both historian Naomi...
October 15, 2020
Pastors live on the shelf in the pantry of many people. We are dry goods....
October 12, 2020
I taught a class after the world ended. On this day, 28 years ago, I...
October 08, 2020
No historical paradigm change is evident to the people living within it. Christian faith is...
October 05, 2020
When someone is in active addiction, their loved ones are at a loss. How do...
October 01, 2020
The one person a bullied person hates more than the bully is the friend who...

September 2020

September 29, 2020
"Don, you need to get what you're saying into the trough so the pigs can...
September 26, 2020
The other day I was called anti-Christian. It was by a progressive member of my...
September 21, 2020
My home church hired a younger preacher. This happened when I was very young. The...
September 16, 2020
Knowing the answer before the question is asked is the privilege of the teacher. I...
September 14, 2020
I know today is Holy Cross. It is celebrated by the oldest traditions within Christianity....
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