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January 2019

January 04, 2019
Let's get the review portion out of the way: I loved it. My whole family...
January 03, 2019
Some of my best memories are of time spent in National Parks. When my husband...
January 02, 2019
It's the oldest trick in the book—the most evil men in the world surround themselves...

December 2018

December 31, 2018
A great conundrum: When you write as much as I do, then it is hard...
December 30, 2018
Like any literary or super hero, Jesus needs an origin story. That’s the point of...
December 28, 2018
When I started blogging almost 10(!) years ago, blogging was sort of like an online...
December 23, 2018
46 And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord 47     and my spirit rejoices in God my...
December 21, 2018
Last weekend, my 8-year-old cornered me, eyed me suspiciously and said "Ginger's handwriting looks JUST...
December 19, 2018
Check your Facebook newsfeed on any given day, and you might see a blast from...
December 13, 2018
In many mainline denominations, “Open and Affirming” is code for “we welcome gay people.” Although...
December 11, 2018
Sometimes hope takes the long view. During Advent, we talk about holding out hope for...
December 08, 2018
What I know from years of blogging (and pastoring) is that people have some FEELINGS...
December 03, 2018
When you're a pastor, there is never a good time to tell your church folks...

November 2018

November 26, 2018
Who is it that we’re looking for, when we sing Away in a manger, no...
November 14, 2018
Last week, I made a quick trip to Arizona, and an even quicker trip down...
November 12, 2018
Democratic women won several high-profile races in Kansas last week; reversing the state's recent trend...
November 08, 2018
good guys with guns aren't bullet-proof they just die first because the gun lets the...
November 07, 2018
As of today, there are 100 Women in the House of Representatives. 100 Women in...
November 06, 2018
Reason #1,847 to vote: The kids are listening. My kids ... and everybody else's too....
November 05, 2018
If you live in the St. Louis metro and you drive home on I-70 in...
November 01, 2018
That nice, warm—maybe almost happy?—feeling that you have today is not just about candy and...

October 2018

October 29, 2018
“If there was an armed guard inside the temple, they would have been able to...
October 23, 2018
This sermon is part of a series, Resist: Justice Heroes from the Bible to the Big...
October 20, 2018
Guest post by Benjamin J. Dueholm Do Christians resent their own morality? I’ve been asking...
October 19, 2018
By the Rev. Chris Furr On the surreal day after Donald Trump was elected, I...
October 16, 2018
Guest post by Dr. Lisa R. Hale Things moved fast for Brett Kavanaugh in that...
October 09, 2018
This sermon is part of a series, Resist: Justice Heroes from the Bible to the Big...
October 03, 2018
My friend Phil Snider compiled a sermon collection that speaks to our current political climate....
October 02, 2018
Yesterday, October 1, my husband called me on his lunch break to tell me Happy...
October 01, 2018
This sermon is part of a series, Resist: Justice Heroes from the Bible to the...
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