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November 2012

November 08, 2012
My buddy Derek wrote a post yesterday about how it's not inappopriate for Christians to either mourn or celebrate...
November 05, 2012
Lord, we take many things for granted in our country, but the fact that we...
November 05, 2012
I thought I I would share a share a summary of the blog posts that...
November 02, 2012
I wrote a rap version of "This is my Father's world" in 2009 for the...
November 02, 2012
It's time to start writing my first book. As many of you know, I had...
November 02, 2012
November 01, 2012
I'm not sure how long the manilla package sat in the bin beside my desk....

October 2012

October 31, 2012
When the Reformation happened in the 1500's, there were very different assumptions in place about...
October 30, 2012
Early 21st century American politics presents a unique historical context for Christian contemplation because the...
October 29, 2012
It occurs to me as I'm waiting for what seems like just a lot of...
October 28, 2012
This weekend, I preached on the text of the parable of talents. My regular readers...
October 26, 2012
So Rachel Held Evans is apparently becoming this year's Rob Bell. She's written a book...
October 26, 2012
Over the past several years, as I've gone through the ordination process, I have had...
October 25, 2012
October 24, 2012
"I struggled with it for a long time, but then I came to realize that...
October 24, 2012
I've been trying so hard to avoid alienating people I love and care about by...
October 23, 2012
Sometimes God impregnates a single verse with rich and explosive meaning that is completely applicable...
October 23, 2012
What I learned from last night's final presidential debate (which was the first one I...
October 22, 2012
This is an appeal from the Election Day Communion folks that I wanted to blast...
October 22, 2012
One of the things that makes me hot in watching politics is when one politician...
October 20, 2012
"This seems like a great place to meditate," he said. I usually don't talk to...
October 19, 2012
"Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth" (1 Cor 13:6). That...
October 17, 2012
My reformed brother Derek Rishmawy and I have been having a stimulating discussion about the...
October 17, 2012
My reformed brother Derek Rishmawy and I have been having a stimulating discussion about the...
October 17, 2012
I had a bit of a creative explosion this week while I was attending the...
October 16, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vrdgp_Ebts&feature=youtu.be About a month ago, I wrote a blog post about a phenomenon I'm witnessing...
October 15, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQh6eISTpHM&feature=youtu.be In 1999, I wrote a sonnet while sitting on a couch at a party...
October 15, 2012
I have been reading off and on through Catholic theologian Henri de Lubac's Paradoxes of...
October 15, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yEte6_Si_4&feature=youtu.be This is the first song that I've written in two years. It's basically about...
October 14, 2012
Is God's goal for humanity communion or correctness? The way you answer that question will...
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