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May 2016

May 11, 2016
This is the last in a series of 3 posts that are part of an on going...
May 08, 2016
This is the second in a series of 3 posts that are part of an on...
May 03, 2016
In my free time I’ve recently begun watching the PBS series Grantchester, a television show...
May 01, 2016
Lame Excuses John 5:1-9 A pastor colleague of mine recently told me an unbelievable story. ...

April 2016

April 20, 2016
The Riverside Church has a long history going back to its founding of being a...
April 19, 2016
I think most Americans, even non-religious Americans, are on board with the idea of religious...
April 13, 2016
Beautiful words of a prayer written by my friend and colleague Rev. Michael Livingston and...
April 12, 2016
The damp chill of the night air began to burn off as the sky lightened...
April 05, 2016
You know what they say on Easter afternoon in my line of work: “Christ is...

March 2016

March 27, 2016
Can I Welcome New Life? Luke 24:1-12 Christ is risen! Christ is risen, indeed! Blessed...
March 25, 2016
Every year on Good Friday I repost this memory, originally published almost ten years ago....
March 23, 2016
I am two years away from the completion of my term of service as mother...
March 22, 2016
The palms waved us into Holy Week just last Sunday and we’re already well along...
March 20, 2016
Can I Step Up? Palm Sunday Luke 19:28-40 I don’t know what you’re seeing everywhere...
March 13, 2016
Can I Be Open? John 12:1-8 For thousands of years nobody has quite known what...
March 08, 2016
I guess this is a good time as any to think about change.  Nature is...
March 06, 2016
Can I Forgive? Luke 15:11-32   As some of you may know, I am the...

February 2016

February 28, 2016
Can I Admit I’m Wrong? Luke 13:1-9 Today we find ourselves in the third Sunday...
February 25, 2016
Parched Psalm 63:1-8, Isaiah 55:1-9 How many of you have ever been to Hawaii? If you...
February 21, 2016
Can I Give Up My Life? Luke 13:31-35 A few weeks ago, on Transfiguration Sunday,...
February 14, 2016
Can I Resist Temptation? Luke 4:1-13 Lent began this week: 40 days of walking with...
February 09, 2016
I recently had an opportunity to share lunch and conversation with a group of female...
February 07, 2016
Shine, Jesus, Shine Luke 9:28-36 Today we’re at the fifth Sunday following the Epiphany, this...

January 2016

January 31, 2016
Jesus Offends Me Luke 4:16-30   Today we find ourselves on the fourth Sunday after...
January 26, 2016
One of the best things about being a pastor is that over the course of...
January 12, 2016
Before you begin reading this column, I want you to know that I’m assuming we’re...

December 2015

December 29, 2015
There’s a short story written by Philip Gulley, well-known Christian writer and Quaker pastor from...
December 20, 2015
What Can I Bring Him? Hebrews 10:5-10   Welcome to the fourth Sunday of Advent,...
December 16, 2015
Even the memory feels vaguely cheesy, as do most things Disney (in my experience). I...
December 06, 2015
Let There Be Peace on Earth? Philippians 1:3-11 Advent 2 “Our prayers are with the...
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