worship

August 2020

August 15, 2020
100 years from now/ they will sit in churches/ and worship in wide circles/wearing masks...

November 2019

November 03, 2019
He'd been making the rounds. The man in the trench coat, Bible in hand, burst...

July 2019

July 20, 2019
You'll be overwhelmed. You'll be exhausted. You'll look like you've been through a week of...
July 17, 2019
It was an alien experience for me, pulling in that "visitor" parking spot. But after...

February 2019

February 01, 2019
The concept of "worshipful living" is an underrated Christian practice. Most of us worship once...

December 2018

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 08, 2018
What I know from years of blogging (and pastoring) is that people have some FEELINGS...

April 2018

April 25, 2018
Most churches are designed by and for extroverts. To be truly diverse, we need to...

March 2018

March 30, 2018
Because for the real, the raw, and the unimaginable that this day brings... sometimes art...

December 2015

December 24, 2015
My high school English teacher--the one who showed me the wonders of eliminating 'to-be' verbs...
December 17, 2015
Here's what I did NOT need to see: that article from "Christianity Today" about how...

October 2015

October 07, 2015
This was Sunday's sermon for World Communion Sunday. As always, the table was filled with...

December 2013

December 23, 2013
It's Christmas week, and you know what that means--re-runs! I wrote this piece last year,...

May 2013

May 29, 2013
It's fixin to be June in Phoenix. Lord help us... Some of you know that...

March 2013

March 26, 2013
Throughout the season of Advent,  Christmas music (for better or worse) blares at us everywhere we...

December 2012

December 24, 2012
God comes wherever we are: even if we've failed to pray the right prayer; even...
December 13, 2012
Guest Post: Rev. Andrew Shepherd is Pastoral Resident at Foothills Christian Church in Phoenix. He...
December 11, 2012
Mary's was the original Christmas carol. She is the reason that we sing our way...

November 2012

November 17, 2012
Spoiler alert: if you are coming to Foothills for worship tomorrow and you want to be...

August 2012

August 09, 2012
The essence of being 'timely' has utterly changed, now that news can travel to us...

March 2012

March 20, 2012
...it is time to get rid of the 16-year-old carpet. Because ultimately, at that point...

September 2011

September 10, 2011
A pumpkin latte in my hand. From Not Starbuck's. A cool crisp 62 degrees out....
September 09, 2011
I was sitting on the floor of my crummy first-year-of-being-a-grownup apartment, doing grad school homework...
September 08, 2011
"The middle ground lies in the struggle. The acceptance that, when violence becomes necessary to...

August 2011

August 27, 2011
One thing they don't tell you when you go into the ministry [wait--there are about...
August 24, 2011
Naked is all the rage. Naked Juice: great lunch in a quick and easy container....
August 23, 2011
We've all heard the rumor that first children are more successful. Well, it's not a...
August 22, 2011
My aunt has won vehicles in sweepstakes contests. Not once. Not twice. But THREE TIMES. Impossibly...
August 20, 2011
On occasion, it becomes necessary to bring one's children to one's office. I may not...
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