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May 2019

May 23, 2019

Ascension And Pentecost: Otherwise Known As Christmas (Or Easter) In June

We're not done yet. This is what I keep telling myself each Easter season. I...

May 15, 2019

The Rise Of Trauma-Informed Theology And Resources For Healing

"Trauma is the confrontation with an event that, in its unexpectedness and horror, cannot be...

May 07, 2019

We’re Still In Easter, But Ascension Is Coming

St. Paul Lutheran, Davenport, Iowa The Ascension Of It All Word association game: Say...

May 02, 2019

Living and Managing Without Reference to God

Let’s begin with a simple premise. The secular is more than one thing, but for...

April 2019

April 26, 2019

The Sovereignty of Christ, the Avengers, and the Infinity of Thanos

* No spoilers here, this is a theological reflection on the metaphysical context for the...

April 24, 2019

All The Things To Know About Church Growth

Truth #1: Nobody knows why some churches grow and others don't. Church growth shares sociological...

April 17, 2019

Notre Dame And Holy Week (With More Than A Nod To Walter Benjamin)

"Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element:...

April 17, 2019

Why the church is failing at new media

Is that what they teach you in seminary? Definitely a frequent question asked of pastors,...

April 13, 2019

Just Something About Jesus

Joseph Ratzinger, before he was Pope Benedict XVI, wrote many learned books on theology and...

April 10, 2019

These books changed my life

Emily Dickinson famously remarked, "If I feel physically as if the top of my head...

April 08, 2019

How much time should you spend at church per week?

My answer: At least six hours. Here’s why. First, and most obviously, Christians are called...

April 08, 2019

Finding your voice in politics, religion, and social media: from private devotion to public theology

“The signal virtue of Christianity is that there is a version of it for the...

April 01, 2019

Easter Theses

(Some Things To Ponder This Holy Week) Holy Week is something to live, to experience,...

March 2019

March 31, 2019

Church By the Numbers

I wish I could report that in my years of pastoral ministry, I've come up...

March 26, 2019

Holding the Bible Lightly

How we interpret our sacred Scriptures (hermeneutics) matters quite a lot. I served a congregation...

March 25, 2019

Whether Corporations, Too, Can Be Saved

“Go at once to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their...

March 23, 2019

Who is Robert Saler?

I don't inquire into Robert Saler's identity because he is mysterious and unknown in the...

March 19, 2019

Some Pro-tips for Church Leaders Who Don’t Go To Church | Adam Copeland I’m Looking At You

The Second Naïveté Way back in my seminary days, I remember making my way through...

March 10, 2019

A Public Letter To My Conference of Bishops and the ELCA Church Council Concerning “Trustworthy Stewards”

Undermining Trust By Re-Writing A Text About Trust I'm not at all happy to write...

March 05, 2019

Should We Ditch the Concept of Sin?

Damn it, sin, what are you? I find myself in a strange situation. I'm called...

March 04, 2019

Ash Wednesday

Curl the fingers to brush back bangs Consider the vast bald blank canvass The tiny...

February 2019

February 26, 2019

Love from a Lutheran Pastor to Methodists In Their Grief

To my Methodist friends: I'm really sorry. We see you, and hear your pain. Praying...

February 22, 2019

On every day headlines and short views

George Santayana wrote in The Life of Reason, “Those who cannot remember the past are...

February 21, 2019

Jesus Other Name Is ‘Merica

Crucified between two thieves named Canada and Mexico the one penitent and contrite the other...

February 21, 2019

An Invitation to Lent

Certain moments in our lives leave us open to new beginnings. In each of these...

February 18, 2019

All Activism Is Pastoral Ministry (Protesting Is Like Hospital Visitation)

In a lot of church circles folks distinguish between community activism and pastoral ministry. A...

February 16, 2019

Was Jesus Intersex?

Let's talk about this, y'all. Since gender identity and fluidity are a big part of...

February 13, 2019

Dear Lenny: A Love Letter to a Black Preacher from the Whitest Pastor in our Denomination

How did we get here, Lenny? I grew up in this church, the same denomination...

February 05, 2019

It’s the end of white America as we know it… and I feel fine

In a nation as steeped in civil religion as ours, inevitably the top administration has...

February 04, 2019

Is Christianity To Blame For Climate Change?

Tonight I'm a guest speaker at a sustainability class at the University of Arkansas. I'm...