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January 2022

January 29, 2022

Ten Things Christians Can Learn From The Queer Community (In Honor Of Reconciling In Christ Sunday)

You’re not really “inclusive” if you use inclusivity to gain power and prestige rather...

January 15, 2022

What is the weekly reception of communion (the global term for which is Eucharist) for? What does it do?

As habits of worship attendance had been changing in our culture long before the pandemic,...

January 05, 2022

On The Eve of January 6th: How Conservatives Got Bored With Democracy

I'm feeling kind of lousy writing a political meditation on the coup attempt of January...

January 01, 2022

A New Year’s Blessing 2022

May your laughs be full and breathy, slightly embarrassing your loved ones; may your philosophies...

December 2021

December 19, 2021

Pastoral Reflections On The World Science Fiction Convention (#WorldCon2021)

December 15, 2021 I’ve basically been reading science fiction and fantasy since I could read....

December 12, 2021

Best Books of 2021

Although I did a lot of re-reading this year (including Suzette Haden Elgin’s The Ozark...

December 11, 2021

Deconstructing From Evangelical Christianity Really Is About Sex

Here's a confession. When I picked up a copy of Jamie Lee Finch's book on...

November 2021

November 30, 2021

Here Be Dragons: A Transformative Approach To Sunday School and Christian Learning

I’m a huge fan of learner-driven education. It’s one thing to evaluate the needs of...

November 24, 2021

Advent Is Here To Interrupt Your Anxiety

Reading Karen Olsson's wonderful dual biography of the wonder siblings, André and Simone Weil. André,...

November 21, 2021

Ableism and the Elements For Communion

Pre-pandemic, our church (along with many others) had been in the habit of offering "alternatives"...

November 17, 2021

If You’re Evangelical It’s Time For You To Leave

Christianity historically has been a capacious body. There's room for difference (think, for example, of...

November 09, 2021

Deconstruction! Ironic Learnings of “Pastor” for Make Benefit Weak Faith of Post-Pandemic

I'll start here with a bit of auto-biography. Back in 1994-1995, I took a senior...

November 07, 2021

Post-Pandemic: When Moderate Pastors Reap What They Sow

Over the past few months, I've seen a variety of thought pieces by clergy-adjacent leaders...

November 05, 2021

All Saints’ And The Anthropocene

On All Saints’ Sunday the church recognizes the strong spiritual bond between those who have...

November 03, 2021

Ways To Love G-d That Will Blow Your Mind

Sunday I preached on Mark 12: “Which commandment is the first of all?” 29Jesus answered,...

November 02, 2021

Healing Haunted Histories: A Settler Discipleship Of Decolonization

I was first clued into the work of Ched Myers when I read his magisterial...

November 01, 2021

What Queer Kids Wish Cishet People Knew About Them

This summer we hosted Queer Camp, a weeklong gathering of about 90 middle school, junior...

October 2021

October 29, 2021

The Reformation Was A #Defund Movement

I guess it's not totally surprising to me that died-in-the-wool Lutherans, lifelong Lutherans, and more...

October 19, 2021

A “Theory of Change” for “Sunday School” “Post”-Pandemic

For quite a while now I’ve wondered whether the traditional “Sunday school” model was actually...

October 03, 2021

2030 Climate Sanctuaries

I am increasingly convinced the greatest failure of the church in my generation is its...

September 2021

September 11, 2021

I Believe and Don’t Believe

Things I totally don’t believe and I think are harmful and corruptions of the Christian...

September 11, 2021

What’s Going To Happen to the Church?

Habits are hard to break. Perhaps one of the bigger concerns church leaders have right...

August 2021

August 22, 2021

Who Made God?

In the last couple of weeks at our outdoor worship, we've asked, "What is your...

August 16, 2021

What If the ELCA Had A Climate Caucus? Responding To The IPCC Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change 2021

For some time now, all official updates on climate change have been dire. Many are...

August 03, 2021

Some Comments On Richard Rohr’s “Universal Christ” After Michael Gungor’s Tweet

For quite a while now, Richard Rohr's notion of the Universal Christ has not sat...

July 2021

July 29, 2021

I’m A Progressive And I Am Discovering I’m Also Spiritual–Now What?

I just spent my entire morning in conversation with inquirers. Although we always have new...

July 22, 2021

Where are all the pastors for the trans kids?

Two weeks ago our church hosted Queer Camp. This was the first camp of its...

July 16, 2021

Answering the question: Do you know Jesus? Personally?

Last night as one local county official walked into the courthouse for their monthly meeting,...

July 01, 2021

Seeking Harbor “Post”-Pandemic

This story necessarily starts at the harbor master’s office and a conversation with Lady J....

June 2021

June 14, 2021

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to… Christianity?

Nobody ever expects The Grateful Dead. I mean, I guess there’s that lyric in Chinatown...