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September 2012

September 14, 2012
Burke United Methodist Church is doing a campaign this fall called Jesus is My Candidate:...
September 13, 2012
I doubt very seriously that anyone from Libya will ever see this picture. And of...
September 12, 2012
This morning we kicked off our 8:30 am Wednesday morning prayer service for the fall....
September 11, 2012
James 3 opens with a statement that often makes me squirm: "Not many of you...
September 11, 2012
James 3 opens with a statement that often makes me squirm: "Not many of you...
September 10, 2012
One of the most obnoxious things for me about contemporary evangelicalism has been the neo-masculinist...
September 07, 2012
I'm really not trying to be a hater. This isn't part of a subversive strategy...
September 06, 2012
One of the most disappointing political events I have witnessed this year as a Christian...
September 05, 2012
A recent Atlantic Wire article describes a study that demonstrates our society's moral decline by...
September 04, 2012
There's been a lot of conversation in the blogosphere about whether or not Mormons should...
September 03, 2012
St. Joseph is the patron saint of workers. I learned that today during a tour...

August 2012

August 31, 2012
I used to build enormous towers out of blocks when I was four years old....
August 30, 2012
Freedom is one of those words that seems to have a very straightforward definition. It...
August 29, 2012
In the Daily Office scripture reading for Monday, a verse that caught my eye was...
August 29, 2012
An Israeli court ruled today that there was nothing negligible or criminal about the March...
August 28, 2012
As I've shared before, I spend my Mondays in the National Shrine of the Basilica...
August 27, 2012
Few verses in the Bible have been more damaging historically to women in Western civilization...
August 23, 2012
In the Catholic America magazine, James Martin, S.J. offers the following retelling of familiar gospel...
August 23, 2012
In contemporary Christian worship, a distinction is often made between worship that is "really worship"...
August 21, 2012
Success is the American virtue. Its pursuit is what drives just about every aspect of...
August 17, 2012
I have learned a lot from Tim Keller. His books Prodigal God and Generous Justice...
August 14, 2012
One of the most hopeful things that I have witnessed in recent times was the...
August 12, 2012
Ayn Rand Institute senior fellow Onkar Ghate did something very bold last summer. He wrote...
August 09, 2012
People will be offended by this post for a variety of reasons, but I've been...
August 07, 2012
This summer I started listening to the podcast of Greg Boyd, a Minnesota pastor who...
August 06, 2012
"The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath" (Mark 2:27). This is...
August 03, 2012
Psalm 74 from the Daily Office reading for today really speaks to my heart right...
August 03, 2012
Psalm 74 from the Daily Office reading for today really speaks to my heart right...
August 02, 2012
I get that we live in a morally complex world, but I want us to...

July 2012

July 31, 2012
One of my favorite pastors Jonathan Martin of Renovatus Church in Charlotte, NC recently preached...
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