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September 11, 2014
ISIS, Syria, Israel, 9/11, Ray Rice, Pistorius, Ferguson: Stanley Hauerwas & the Freedom to Hope
The website Newseum.org lets me peruse snaps-shots of today’s front pages from over a thousand...
September 10, 2014
The SHIFT from Hostility to Hospitality Can Change the World
When I hear the word hospitality, I immediately think of the hotel industry. The word has...
September 09, 2014
Shrink by Tim Suttle (book trailer)
I believe in the church maybe more than I believe in any other thing in...
September 08, 2014
Monday Morning Confessional
I confess that it felt like we had a great service at Redemption Church yesterday, and...
September 05, 2014
The Rare Leadership Virtue of Patience
"The movement that Jesus begins is constituted by people who believe that they have all...
September 04, 2014
Together Like Priests: How a Bilingual Worship Service Made Us All Smell Better…
Every Sunday as we are dismissing our church service, another congregation is just arriving. Via...
September 02, 2014
Shrink: Faithful Ministry in a Church-Growth Culture – Now Available Wherever Books are Sold
Our society is fascinated with success. The American story is about bigger, better, higher, stronger,...
September 01, 2014
Monday Morning Confessional
I confess that Shrink is set to release tomorrow. So I'm probably going to talk...
August 2014
August 28, 2014
Distractions Make Us Stupid
I was sitting in a restaurant with a few friends recently, and every so often...
August 27, 2014
SHIFT: from loneliness to solitude
This is the sermon I preached last week at Redemption Church. If you are a...
August 26, 2014
Your Life is Like Fox News: Reality Distortion Fields & Why Self-Deception is Inevitable
"I'm a great believer in self-deception. If you asked me what makes the world go...
August 25, 2014
Monday Morning Confessional: The Internet Sidebar List
I confess that I'm a sucker for the internet sidebar lists. I don't want to be....
August 22, 2014
Slow Church Book Review: The Future is Slow
_____________________________________ "If I could require every pastor in America to read Slow Church, I...
August 20, 2014
Are You a Racist? Five Easy Steps from WikiHow can Help You Figure It Out
On the website wikiHow.com, there’s a short exercise you can take to tell if you...
August 18, 2014
Monday Morning Confessional
I confess that the release date for Shrink is less than two weeks away, and...
August 15, 2014
Robin Williams on the Invention of Golf & My Favorite Dead Poets Society Clip
In a week of bad news, this makes for a good Friday Funny. I just...
August 14, 2014
It’s a Bizarre Time to be Living on the Border of Kansas and Missouri
I live in Kansas City, where the line between Kansas and Missouri is somewhat obscured....
August 13, 2014
The Fisher King: Robin Williams and the Wounds that Made and Unmade His Life
In Arthurian legend, The Fisher King is the latest in the line of kings chosen...
August 11, 2014
The Mark Driscoll Effect: Size Impedes Pastoral Accountability
This was inevitable, right? I mean, seriously, one cannot be terribly surprised to hear that the...
August 08, 2014
All In On WooWoo – A Little Friday Funny
So, I'm attempting to come down from a bit of an unplanned blog hiatus. I...
July 2014
July 30, 2014
The Hidden Kingdom: How We Get There is Where We Are Going
This was originally drafted as a sermon for Redemption Church on July 27, 2014. I...
July 22, 2014
Welcome to Costco – I Love You
There's a certain private prayer I find myself saying a lot these days. It's a...
July 21, 2014
Monday Morning Confessional
I confess that I love pop-tarts despite the fact that they have to be just...
July 16, 2014
Ordinary 15A / 16A – Sower & Seeds, Soil & Weeds: A Sermon from Matthew 13
This is my sermon from last week. If you are a pastor, feel free to...
July 14, 2014
Monday Morning Confessional
I confess that my alarm went off at 5:30 this morning & I turned it...
June 2014
June 30, 2014
Monday Morning Confessional: Confessions of a Neurotic Pastor & Father
I confess that I've been neglectful of the blog as of late. It's not that...
June 26, 2014
What to Do When Your Engines Fail: Ordinary Time & Discipleship (Matthew 10:24-33)
This is my sermon from last Sunday at Redemption Church. If you are pastor, feel...
June 24, 2014
Paul Raushenbush’s Advice to his 25 Year-Old Self
Caught this great list from Paul Raushenbush today, writing to his 25 year-old self on...
June 18, 2014
Matthew 28: Go and Make Disciples
This is my sermon from last week at Redemption Church. If you are a pastor...
June 16, 2014
Monday Morning Confessional
I confess that I left work early last Wednesday to go work in my yard....
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