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March 2013

March 20, 2013
Many Christians today misunderstand the ancient Israelite practice of sacrifice. The ancient Israelites did not...
March 11, 2013
This weekend's sermon talks about how Jesus' cross turns ugliness into beauty by reconciling enemies...
March 04, 2013
I'm pushing the envelope regarding my Lenten blog fast, but I'm going to cheat and...
March 03, 2013
The third blessing of the cross is its witness of nonviolence which has provided the...

February 2013

February 26, 2013
This Sunday, I preached on how Jesus' call to take up our crosses is not...
February 26, 2013
For the second sermon in our LifeSign series "Ugliness Into Beauty: Six Blessings of the...
February 17, 2013
I've decided to keep my podcast going over Lent (learn how to subscribe here). This...
February 13, 2013
Technically speaking, I shouldn't be writing this post, but I wanted there to be something...
February 12, 2013
The LifeSign alternative worship service at Burke United Methodist Church is doing a sermon series...
February 11, 2013
I was invited to share an occasion when I was surprised by mercy. It was...
February 10, 2013
This week's sermon concluded our post-Christmas sermon series "Spiritual Not Religious" in which we were...
February 10, 2013
There's a concept that we talk about in ministry and relationships: being fully present. I...
February 09, 2013
Words are inadequate to respond to this image that has been circulating the internet. I'll...
February 09, 2013
When I was in seminary, one of the things that impressed me about Augustine was...
February 08, 2013
On the last day of our GBCS young clergy leadership forum, we learned the term...
February 07, 2013
Is Jesus saving the world from us? It's a different way to talk about salvation,...
February 06, 2013
I  had a very uncanny experience today with the Daily Office. In a blog post...
February 06, 2013
Yesterday, the young clergy leadership forum heard from Bill Mefford, the GBCS point person for...
February 05, 2013
Continuing to blog through what I'm learning at the General Board of Church and Society...
February 05, 2013
I am attending the young clergy leadership forum (#yclf on twitter) with the General Board...
February 04, 2013
My brother John Meunier recently responded to a blog post from Episcopal priest Martin Elfert...
February 04, 2013
Whoever is not against us is for us. Whoever is not for me is against...
February 02, 2013
It's not often that something I read on Huffington Post gives me "hopey-changey" goose bumps....
February 01, 2013
There's been an outburst this past week from evangelical women bloggers against the idolatry of...

January 2013

January 31, 2013
I'm starting a podcast of my sermon audio so this will be the first entry....
January 31, 2013
I made a track on January 4th, 2010 that's kind of playful in a fairyland...
January 30, 2013
You know the stereotype about the cheapskate Sunday lunch church crowd who shortchange servers on...
January 30, 2013
On June 18, 2007, I made a track that I originally called "Ignore me; I'm...
January 29, 2013
I have gone on several short-term mission trips. I love going and think they're awesome,...
January 28, 2013
All right here's the second one. I just kind of got in the zone tonight....
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