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June 2014

June 20, 2014
I used to be a pastor, a youth pastor to be exact, but I quickly...
June 16, 2014
I don't preach often these days, but it's an honor when I get the opportunity....
June 16, 2014
Much has been written recently about the controlling leadership clamp-down at Mars Hill Church in...
June 16, 2014
Because the joy of the Lord isn't a defeater, a stifler, a cover, a Jesus-juke....
June 08, 2014
Pentecost nearly destroyed me. The son of Pentecostal parent ministers who indulged in the unsafe...
June 04, 2014
"If you act according to a belief, that is the same thing as having the...
June 04, 2014
I am about as capable of changing another human being’s mind as I am capable...
June 04, 2014
I've started many posts on my blog with a similar phrase: "there was an interesting...
June 04, 2014
Ordination: A ritual of the church as a discerning body to recognize, endorse and empower...
June 04, 2014
I find it hard to carry the weight of my own pain, let alone the...
June 03, 2014
Before I dive in to the second part of these installments exploring what Participation can and maybe...
June 02, 2014
Labels are inevitable. We need need to understand and identify things. But labeling is difficult....
June 02, 2014
There was a time that picking green beans in my grandparent’s garden and sitting on...
June 02, 2014
When I was student teaching during my senior year of college, a student entered my...

May 2014

May 30, 2014
This week's #FFFF isn't a submission - it's an excerpt from a recent post written...
May 28, 2014
For quite a while now, I've been arguing that influential movements within the American church...
May 23, 2014
There are two realities (maybe more?) that we live in these days - virtual and...
May 23, 2014
The American church needs tree farmers in the city. Want to know why? Because when...
May 23, 2014
I live in a beautiful and diverse neighborhood in northeast Los Angeles. Depending on which...
May 23, 2014
Having recently come through Holy Week, I notice how important personal contact was in the...
May 23, 2014
There are days I wake up with a heaviness in me, remembering the fight of...
May 23, 2014
We need in every community a group of angelic troublemakers. Our power is in our...
May 23, 2014
Call it consumeristic, call it good stewardship, call it being efficient and productive, whichever we...
May 23, 2014
Perhaps the most difficult thing about identifying as a Christian is getting along with other...
May 23, 2014
Confession has gotten a bad rap. In our strengths-driven, success-oriented, put-on-a-good-face, USAmerican culture, we don’t...
May 23, 2014
This is not about homosexuality. It's about the Lordship of Jesus Christ. The Bible offends...
May 23, 2014
It was the beginning of a new and exciting decade. I had the bangs. I...
May 23, 2014
I grew up in the church. Literally. My earliest memories are being pushed up and...
May 23, 2014
If you were to ask me, “Who is the most influential Christian in American history?”...
May 23, 2014
The idolatry of Salvation has a trickle down effect towards misappropriating a crucial spiritual tenet...
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