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November 2011

November 23, 2011
I wrote a post for Provoketive magazine on the UC Davis pepper spray incident. I...
November 23, 2011
It might seem strange to say, but I'm thankful for my government. I'm not necessarily...
November 21, 2011
I recently had a very important conversation with a good friend who had the courage...
November 21, 2011
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has...
November 19, 2011
Sermon preached at LifeSign on 11/19/2011 Text: John 1:43-51 Whenever I read Nathanael’s question, “Can...
November 19, 2011
Sermon preached at LifeSign on 11/19/2011 Text: John 1:43-51 Whenever I read Nathanael’s question, “Can...
November 19, 2011
I've been watching the news reports of the Occupy protests this past week wondering how...
November 16, 2011
This week in his school library, my son Matthew happened to check out a book...
November 16, 2011
This week in his school library, my son Matthew happened to check out a book...
November 16, 2011
I've been reading about a chapter a week of Thomas Merton's No Man is an...
November 13, 2011
October and November are anxious months for pastors, because they're generally when we run our...
November 11, 2011
I cry with all my heart; answer me, LORD, and I will obey your decrees....
November 10, 2011
I was honestly surprised on Tuesday when Mississippi rejected the referendum that would have legally...
November 09, 2011
About two-thirds of the way through Chris Tomlin's Fairfax, VA show last Friday, he joked...
November 06, 2011
Sermon preached 11/5-6/2011 at Burke United Methodist Church Texts: Psalm 126, Matthew 25:14-30 What happens...
November 03, 2011
I watched a video I shouldn't have of that Texas judge William Adams beating his...
November 02, 2011
In some recent reading I've been doing, I stumbled across an early 20th century Baptist...
November 01, 2011
On Tuesdays at noon, I have my smallest, most fruitful small group. It's me and...

October 2011

October 31, 2011
For most of Christian history, the relationship between God and the universe He created was...
October 29, 2011
I wonder how many people secretly want for the world to end. I do. I...
October 28, 2011
My zeal wears me out, for my enemies ignore your words. Psalm 119:139 I resonate...
October 26, 2011
I'm not sure how to explain what I've been wrestling with today. It started when...
October 24, 2011
Apparently there have been a number of photos circulating the Internet in which people hold...
October 24, 2011
Apparently there have been a number of photos circulating the Internet in which people hold...
October 23, 2011
Sermon preached 10/22/2011 at Burke UMC LifeSign contemporary service Text: Matthew 13:1-9 I spent the...
October 19, 2011
"I am the vine and you are the branches. If you abide in me and...
October 18, 2011
I've been reading Thomas Merton's No Man is an Island. The fourth chapter called "Pure...
October 16, 2011
Sermon preached on 10/15-16/2011 Two texts: Ezekiel 37:1-14, Matthew 20:1-16 I spent a week last...
October 15, 2011
As I was reading the scripture for my sermon in church this evening, a dimension...
October 13, 2011
Mark Driscoll created another controversy recently in a sermon when he told his listeners that...
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