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February 2018

February 12, 2018
Mystical experiences are often shunned in the modern world, but can they actually teach us...
February 10, 2018
  In this episode of the RavenCast, I talk with the Rev. Dr. Carolyn Helsel...
February 09, 2018
The Transfiguration is about Jesus transforming into dazzling white, but it's also about our transformation....
February 08, 2018
Trump is winning because he is making us exactly like him.
February 07, 2018
After two months of hospitalization and rehab, the Rev. Tom Truby is back home, preaching...
February 05, 2018
The following is a review of Carolyn Helsel’s masterful book, Anxious to Talk About It:...
February 05, 2018
Jesus healed a woman with a fever and a Super Bowl commercial inspires us to...
February 03, 2018
Is there a way to interpret the Bible that reveals God's radical love and nonviolence?...
February 02, 2018
I recently sat down with peace journalist Bob Koehler to talk about his recent article...

January 2018

January 31, 2018
Below is the first video in a series on my Facebook page called Pastor's Pet...
January 29, 2018
This is a sermon I preached at Clackamas United Church of Christ, in Milwaukie, Oregon....
January 27, 2018
I'm starting a new discussion series on Facebook titled Nonviolent Atonement and the Lectionary. We'll...
January 26, 2018
I spent a great deal of time last week following the controversy surrounding the recent...
January 26, 2018
Is liberal outrage actually helping to normalize Trump's behavior? Suzanne Ross and Adam Ericksen discuss...
January 24, 2018
Liberal outrage has become a sacred duty. Fueled by the fear that Trump’s racist, misogynist...
January 24, 2018
The Raven Foundation (the parent organization of Teaching Nonviolent Atonement) is pleased to announce that...
January 22, 2018
Parenting is one of the most difficult jobs in the world. Yet, it is also...
January 17, 2018
What would the Apostle Paul say to American Christians as we strive to honor the...
January 15, 2018
The creation story in Genesis 1 starts with “In the beginning, God created the heavens...
January 12, 2018
Nothing could more powerfully demonstrate the truth of "No justice, no peace," than the life...
January 11, 2018
The army of the heavens marches into Washington, D.C., and marches out of Washington, D.C....
January 08, 2018
The following is based on a sermon I preached on January 7, 2018 at Clackamas...

December 2017

December 22, 2017
In a world of violence and dehumanization, Jesus came to empower us all to be...
December 21, 2017
The Last Jedi provides a stinging critique of violence. The fate of our galaxy may...
December 19, 2017
The story arc of the movie "Trolls" shows an evolution from cannibalism to conversion and...
December 11, 2017
Christians throughout the world are celebrating the season of Advent. But did you know that...
December 07, 2017
President Trump formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on Wednesday. He set in...
December 06, 2017
"When Jesus forgave us and God resurrected him, we discover forgiveness as the only alternative...
December 05, 2017
Conflating racism with bigotry and guilt with responsibility is dangerous, Lindsey Paris-Lopez says. Mimetic theory...
December 04, 2017
Adam Ericksen claims that Advent is a season of holy protest. It looks at the...
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