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October 2014

October 30, 2014
Harry was finally talking to Cho Chang. Stars aligned. Fireworks started. The orchestra keyed up...
October 16, 2014
Dear Millennials, I know it’s kind of creepy. We want to know where you live,...
October 08, 2014
Leaders in the progressive church-y world are always looking for ‘The Thing.’ You know, the...

September 2014

September 22, 2014
20 years ago today, the pilot episode of Friends aired in primetime on NBC. 20 YEARS,...
September 17, 2014
Sometimes other clergy ask for advice on how to balance being a pastor and a...
September 04, 2014
I just keep thinking about that tree. You know the one. It stood in the...

August 2014

August 27, 2014
The following is from week 2 of the sermon series "Doors and Windows: Faces of...
August 20, 2014
When I write about pastoral life, I try to make it interesting and/or useful to...
August 14, 2014
I was not the mom sobbing into my latte. Nor was I the mom skipping...
August 12, 2014
When I was little, my dad bought the soundtrack (cassette tape, of course) to Good...
August 05, 2014
Listen: Yesterday I went to rural Missouri with some youth and other church folks. We...

July 2014

July 23, 2014
While flipping through radio stations, I came upon a show where the morning hosts asked...
July 21, 2014
Genesis 28:10-19 Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran. 11He came to a certain place and...

June 2014

June 16, 2014
PSSSSSsssttt. You guys. Somebody tell the Southern Baptists that the transgender crowd is not exactly...
June 11, 2014
[click here, if you'd rather listen than read] 1 Corinthians 13:3-13 3Therefore I want you...
June 04, 2014
The small boys were screaming—nay, shrieking—on the playground. It was all in good 4-year-old fun,...

May 2014

May 29, 2014
Hey, you. Yeah, you over there: Posting your pictures of summer home improvement projects; the...
May 27, 2014
Hey. I haven’t had much to say lately. I’m not sure why that is, other...
May 05, 2014
As a writer, I live 'in here,' in my head much of the time. As...

April 2014

April 29, 2014
Picture this: a devout woman, active in her local parish, has been denied communion for...
April 24, 2014
No, they're not walking into a bar. But perhaps they should... Here's what I know...
April 18, 2014
Yes, this is what I do when I should be working on sermon notes, or...
April 17, 2014
This morning, I went to an interfaith Service of Unity and Hope at the Jewish...
April 14, 2014
I’m tired of hearing “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people!” I’m tired of conversations...
April 10, 2014
I was on the phone with a pastoral search committee a couple weeks ago—no, I...
April 01, 2014
Major spoiler alert—(insert Ted and Robin salute—Major Spoiler Alert!) If don't want to know how...

March 2014

March 27, 2014
Which Downton Abby character are you? Buzzfeed wanted to know. Ok, fine. I’ll play. I...
March 20, 2014
I've long had a theory about Fred Phelps: He didn't really hate gay people. Well,...
March 19, 2014
Here is the question that will be on Patheos Public Square  next week: While the...
March 17, 2014
The Sunday before Valentine's day, I was doing my usual Sunday afternoon thing--staring at the...
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