Have far would you travel to meet God? The idea of incarnation is that God is present where we are. It seems that the answer to the aforementioned question comes easy in the light of a true belief in incarnation of God with us. I don’t think you have to travel far at all to meet God. I believe you just have to open your heart. The birth narrative of Jesus would not be complete without the so-called... Read more
Do any of you believe in healing? Do you believe that Jesus actually healed a paralytic in a house full of people? What if someone rolled into this space in a wheelchair this morning to ask for our prayers and walked out? There are many of you who would explain it away at all costs. You simply could not handle the thought that a real healing might have actually taken place. I want to remind everyone that it will... Read more
There are many days I wake up and know that I am going to be a little crazed today and perhaps for a few weeks or months if it lingers. My brain simply feels different. I act and think differently too. I was diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder a few years ago. In my condition, I often oscillate around in an aggressive mixed state of hopeless depression and uncontrollable mania. In these mixed states of mania and depression, much... Read more
We gather around this table this afternoon because we believe. We believe that children are important. We believe that local schools are important. We believe that local schools are the last entity or institution that exists purely for the common good. We also are gathered because we believe that the local school is under attack from outside forces that seek to privatize it for financial gain. I am not willing to say that the people who seek to accomplish... Read more
Suzanne Basso. Take a second and repeat that name. Suzanne Basso. Suzanne Basso was sentenced to death for the 1998 slaying of Buddy Musso. The body of Buddy Musso was found in a ditch lacerated, covered in bleach and scrapped with a wire brush. There is also evidence that Suzanne Basso made herself the beneficiary of Buddy Musso’s insurance policies and Social Security benefits. Tonight at 6pm, Suzanne Basso is to be given a lethal dose of chemicals and... Read more
Denton is tied with Houston as having the worst air quality in Texas. Tonight, I sat through a Denton City Council meeting during the course of which I heard citizen after citizen speak about physical ailments caused by poor local air quality. The cause of the pollution is no mystery…there is drilling or fracking all over the city. The top agenda item at the Denton City Council meeting tonight was about a 30-day pause in new drilling. This sounds... Read more
The weather is difficult this evening. We slipped and slid a bit on our drive down. The wind, rain and ice are brutally cold. This does not seem to be a night where we could experience a good conversation outside much less the divine. However, I think Jesus is found out in the elements on nights like tonight. Imagine Mary and Joseph as street people. Imagine Mary birthing Jesus behind the same dumpster that earlier the family had... Read more
John the Baptist called out from the wilderness to make a way for Jesus. You see it is important as we begin to make our way through the Gospel of Mark that John the Baptist is the fulcrum of the entire story. John the Baptist sets the stage. John the Baptist made the way from the wilderness. John the Baptist called out Jesus’ name. This morning as we begin Black History Month, I am reminded of my upbringing... Read more
jesus had nowhere to lay her head mary had nowhere to lay his head peter had nowhere to lay her head martha had nowhere to lay his head john had nowhere to lay her head elizabeth had nowhere to lay his head you othered me now i too have nowhere to lay my head Read more
Phillip Seymour Hoffman was found dead earlier today with a needle in his arm and emptied bags of heroin littered around him. The temptation will be for all of us to distance ourselves from his death by arguing that we live so much cleaner than he did. If we succumb to such temptation, we will not be alone. It seems that all of us try to turn our heads and immune ourselves from death. The death of Hoffman... Read more
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