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December 2012

December 02, 2012
"Hope is not prognostication. It is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the...

November 2012

November 29, 2012
“When we start in ministry, we usually do not have grand goals for recognition or...
November 27, 2012
Apparently when you run a marathon there are places along the course that you are...
November 26, 2012
Tip #3 is Make Time For Recovery. I wouldn’t have known this, of course, not...
November 23, 2012
The writers of Bearing Fruit: Ministry With Real Results use the metaphor of a marathon...
November 21, 2012
Strategy #2: Move at the Pace of Your Success Very recently I was on the...
November 20, 2012
I cannot understand people who run for fun.  I can understand running if you’re being...
November 13, 2012
The first time I ever heard Barbara Brown Taylor in person was about fifteen years...
November 12, 2012
Jesus Changes How I See Mark 10: 46-52 I had the opportunity last week, at...
November 08, 2012
Psalm 1 King James Version (KJV) 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the...
November 06, 2012
This morning I spent a chilly hour and a half in a line that wound...
November 05, 2012
I’ve never been one to dream while I sleep…or at least dream in such a...
November 04, 2012
Jesus Changes How I Love Mark 12: 28-34 After two full days of sitting glued...

October 2012

October 28, 2012
Jesus Changes How I Give Mark 12: 38-44 It’s funny the things that stick with...
October 24, 2012
Re-Imagine: A Straight Path Jeremiah 31:7-14   The last few weeks we’ve been reading the...
October 15, 2012
Everybody’s talking about Clergy Appreciation Month this October. Okay, well, maybe not everybody.  Mostly my...
October 12, 2012
A two-part homily on the occasion of Rachel Johnson's ordination to the Gospel ministry. Re-Imagine:...
October 01, 2012
Re-Imagine Affiliations Psalm 26 When I was growing up we had an illustrated copy of...

September 2012

September 24, 2012
Re-Imagine Structure Psalm 126 Have you ever had a moment when you heard a song...
September 17, 2012
Re-Imagine Mission Psalm 86 I wonder if any of you have ever heard the story...
September 13, 2012
We’ve been lacking sanctuary for awhile around here.  Church has gone on every Sunday, of...
September 11, 2012
It is a stunningly gorgeous day outside, as it was eleven years ago.  Everything feels...
September 11, 2012
Re-imagine Sanctuary Psalm 84 Welcome back to the sanctuary this morning.  We’ve been out for...

August 2012

August 27, 2012
“There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open...
August 25, 2012
I’ve been away from church for awhile.  That said, I think in the general category...

July 2012

July 30, 2012
I’ve been looking back a lot these past days.  I went back and reread years...
July 26, 2012
You can read a version of this entry in The Washington Post. I’ve been a...
July 23, 2012
We Are the Church: Blessing Our Commitments John 2:1-11 Did you ever notice how often...
July 19, 2012
It appears that Ross Douthat of the New York Times started a bit of a...
July 11, 2012
Calvary member Rachel Johnson recently sent me this reflection, just "a thing she wrote."  As...
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