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March 2010

March 06, 2010

Listen to The Dark Night of the soul by Saint John of the cros in it’s entirety

You may have read my post on The Dark Night of the Soul a few...

March 05, 2010

Theology and the Cross – A witness from a communist prison

Today's post is from From Richard Wurmbrand’s With God in Solitary Confinement via Father Stephen....

March 03, 2010

Using “Dark night of the Soul” as a guide to Lent

Lent is a season that the christian church has historically used as a time to...

February 2010

February 28, 2010

A concrete poem of the Gospel

February 26, 2010

Mark Driscoll on Avitar…. hmm

After watching the video below I think it's very odd that Mark Driscoll is the...

February 20, 2010

Happy 125th Anniversary ECC!!

Today marks the 125th Anniversary of the founding of the Evangelical Covenant Church! The Covenant...

February 14, 2010

Saint Valentines Day – Luther on Marriage

Have a blessed Saint Valentines Day!I thought today I would share an article written by...

February 13, 2010

10 Questions to ask yourself as a communicator

We are all communicators, we can't avoid it. Our daily interactions at even the most...

January 2010

January 29, 2010

The Eucharist in the Evangelical Covenant Church

A reader and friend recently asked me a question relating to my decision to go...

January 26, 2010

The Deck of Cards as a Prayer Book:

I have always liked this. Thought you might too

January 18, 2010

Happy Martin Luther King Jr Day

Martin Luther King Jr is remembered today. For many people it's a difficult holiday to...

January 17, 2010

Reading The Wedding at Cana icon

The Gospel reading last Sunday was "the wedding at Cana." A powerful story about Jesus'...

January 17, 2010

The Liturgy of Espresso

I am a huge coffee geek. I work with coffee, teach coffee, do coffee consulting....

January 10, 2010

Reading The Baptism of Christ icon

Today my Church celebrates one of the Great feasts of the Church. The Baptism of...

January 02, 2010

Mother of God

Yesterday was the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God in the Catholic Church.If this title...

December 2009

December 29, 2009

The Massacre of the Innocents

“A voice is heard in Ramah,weeping and great mourning,Rachel weeping for her childrenand refusing to...

December 27, 2009

St. John Chrysostom, “Homily on Christmas Morning”

While many from Eastern Christian traditions are failure with St. John Chrysostom and his writings...

December 26, 2009

The 12 Days of Christmas: A Coded Catholic Catechesis?

This week I ran into an article over at snopes. That talks about how some...

December 25, 2009

The light has come! – Rejoice

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word...

December 19, 2009

Christian Disciplines – 195 AD

Spiritual disciplines are the things that a person does to stay connected with God in...

December 18, 2009

Better know an Icon – Iconography –

Iconography is a Christian practice that is unfamiliar to many protestants, and often misunderstood. It...

December 17, 2009

Christmas Vs Hanukkah

John Oliver and Jon Stewart gave me a moment of zen the other day... I...

December 17, 2009

Luke 9:51-62 Part VII – Recap

A New Kind of Narrative: Letting Jesus redefine stories across timeThe call to follow Jesus...

December 16, 2009

Luke 9:51-62 Part VI – Prophet, Pilgrim or Paschal Lamb? A verse by verse analysis of Jesus’ call to discipleship

This week we have been looking closely at Luke 9:51-62. So far we have examined...

December 15, 2009

Luke 9:51-62 Part V – Elijah and The Plow: Jesus’ call for new identity

We continue our Series on Luke 9:51-62 today with a word study... Before we get...

December 14, 2009

Luke 9:51-62 Part IV – Wanna-be Wayfarers: a look over the three would-be disciples of Jesus

After Jesus' rejection in Samaria we find him once again on the road in Luke...

December 13, 2009

Luke 9:51-62 Part III – Steps Forward: A verse by verse analysis of Jesus’ rejection

As we have seen there is quite a bit of background going on in the...

December 12, 2009

Luke 9:51-62 Part II: Face Toward Jerusalem: Approaching the rejection at Samaria

The travel narrative begins with the brief encounter where Jesus is rejected in Samaria, and...

December 11, 2009

Luke 9: 51-62 Part I – Introduction

"Follow me." With these words Jesus invited his earliest followers to leave the life and...

November 2009

November 30, 2009

Road Trip: What is Luke’s travel narrative?

Scholars recognize a shift in Luke's gospel with the phrase "When the days drew near...