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February 2012

February 25, 2012

Entrapment: The Biblical Art of Cloak and Dagger Rhetoric

I remember when I was in middle school I had a teacher who began class...

February 23, 2012

Why did Protestants Remove the Apocrapha (Deuterocanonical) Books of the Bible

February 22, 2012

Help Me Give Up Racism for Lent

Giving Up Racism: My ProjectToday marks the beginning of Lent, Ash Wednesday. Every year millions...

February 20, 2012

Where Did the Sign of the Cross Come From?

This Wednesday millions of Christians will gather in churches and receive a cross on their...

February 20, 2012

God ♥’s Religion

There has recently been a good deal of Religion bashing. Slogans like "religion kills" and...

February 14, 2012

Jesus, Aristotle, Courage, and the American Way

Ben Steel talks with Billy Kangas about what it means to be a man of...

February 10, 2012

Why I Need The Saints

Loosing my keys is on my list of top five most frenzy inducing life situations....

February 10, 2012

What is prophecy and how do we recognize it?

Last week I started a debate on facebook about the charismatic movement and it's compatibility with the...

February 07, 2012

How do you understand sacrifice in light of Christ?

Some people today point to a golden era in church history where everyone got along....

February 07, 2012

Why people with masculine gender identity hate going to Church

Over the weekend I read through a book called Why Men Hate Going to Church by David...

February 01, 2012

Is WHERE, WHEN and HOW Jesus died important?

Although the Early Church did not use the cross in the overt and casual way...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

The Shame of The Cross

The cross has become the quintessential symbol for the Christian faith. It’s placed on churches,...

January 28, 2012

Prophet from Poetry

Poetry is a dying art. Few people write it, read it, or would even know...

January 26, 2012

Where I am in life right now… A Picture

In our lives there are many directions we can focus on. In Helen Cepro's Journaling as a...

December 2011

December 12, 2011

Congregational Vitality

One thing I love about the Covenant Church is the Congregational Vitality Program. I think...

November 2011

November 13, 2011

Our Beautiful World

No theology today... just wanted to share a little beauty

November 11, 2011

Great Compline

Goodnight everyone!

November 05, 2011

Book Review: Same Kind of Different as Me

I don't generally review books that aren't strictly theological, but I recently read the book "Same Kind...

November 01, 2011

All Saints Day Reflection

This morning I decided to go to the daily liturgy at a local Ukrainian Catholic...

October 2011

October 29, 2011

Refomation Day – That They May All Be One

Tomorrow is Reformation Sunday. This is the Sunday where Protestants remember the birth of the...

October 25, 2011

What ARE Lay Leaders?

In the 1960s the Catholic Church released the document “Decree on the Apostolate of the...

October 17, 2011

Occupy Your Vocation

October 15, 2011

The Lord’s Day Ceremony: Prayer before the meal

I. The Lighting of the Candle: Leader #2 [the designated assistant] leads the following meditation.Leader #2In...

October 13, 2011

What makes a Christian Leader?

A mentor of mine once said, “you’ll know you’re a leader when you turn around...

October 12, 2011

How would you define worship?

Worship in Greek can mean to kiss towardIf I asked 15 people to give me...

October 11, 2011

My take on the Six Covenant Affirmations

There is a great deal of freedom within the Covenant Affirmations (my denomination's statement of...

October 10, 2011

The Story we find ourselves in

I recently gave a talk for the Word of God Community's Fall retreat. Here is...

October 08, 2011

Classic Rich Mullins teaching

Here is a video I have always loved

October 07, 2011

15 books that will MAKE you belive in GOD?

Fellow theology nerd and UberBlogger David Withun has created a list of 15 books that he claims...

October 06, 2011

Praying The Jesus Prayer

The Jesus prayer is the simple prayer, “Κύριε Ιησού Χριστέ, Υιέ του Θεού, ελέησόν με, translated: “Lord...