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July 2016

July 29, 2016

Calling all clergy! Stop being embarrassingly silent on worker justice

Everything that is revealed by the light is light. Therefore, it says, Wake up, sleeper!...

July 22, 2016

Praying in the way of Jesus

Scripture calls us to pray without ceasing (1 Thess. 5:17). The news of the world,...

June 2016

June 27, 2016

Worship in foreign languages: Why comprehension is over-rated

When we pray with others in languages not our own, we join--as it were--the celestial...

June 23, 2016

Pastoral ministry as comprehensive community consultation and catalyzing change

Yesterday Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson came to our church. He met with Canopy NWA, the...

June 21, 2016

Too much blood at the intersections

A few years back I bought (and then mostly didn't read) David H. Kelsey's Eccentric...

June 03, 2016

Suspecting the Church

There are good reason for lawyer jokes. Unethical and predatory lawyers are a real thing....

May 2016

May 09, 2016

The problem with “Diversity” as #ChurchGoals

A guest post by Elle Dowd, #DecolonizeLutheranism Diversity as a concept has become harmful. It’s...

January 2016

January 09, 2016

5 Disruptive Church Trends That Will Rule 2016

2015 permanently changed the face of North American Christianity. We are all witnesses to, and...

December 2014

December 29, 2014

On Repetition: New Year’s Again and Again and Again

In connection with the truth as inwardness in existence... the law is: the same, and...

December 24, 2014

Homebrewed Christianity: Geek is the New Quintessential

Bo Sanders and Tripp Fuller of Homebrewed Christianity may be happy to know that I...

November 2014

November 28, 2014

Sarah Coakley on the Experience of Prayer in the Spirit

In the experience of the Spirit, prayer is found to be a two-way relationship, not...

October 2014

October 25, 2014

Why I Bless Same Gender Marriages… and you should too

Many churches across the country are having to discern in new ways how they will...

May 2014

May 25, 2014

Livestreaming Worship

Sunday mornings I find a church. I confess that for a few years in college...

March 2014

March 29, 2014

Watching Noah

Spoiler alert: This commentary/review contains major spoilers, inasmuch as any review can be said to...

June 2013

June 29, 2013

Worship as Repentance: Lutheran Liturgical Traditions and Catholic Consensus

Skip Sundberg's new book, Worship as Repentance: Lutheran Liturgical Tradition and Catholic Consensus, is equal parts historical...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Guns in Church

I'd really rather not write about guns. They're not a particular interest of mine. I'm...

January 04, 2013

An Inquiry Into New Year’s Resolutions

An Inquiry into New Year's Resolutions The Rev. Clint Schnekloth [1] The New Year...

December 2011

December 28, 2011

On New Year’s Resolutions…

New Isn't So Shiny Eccl. 1.9 What has been is what will be,...

December 15, 2010

The Art of Curating Worship

2010 has been a Sparkhouse year. Sparkhouse is an imprint of Augsburg Fortress, and this...

February 2005

February 22, 2005

J.M. Coetzee’s Elizabeth Costello

I had already read a couple of the chapters of Elizabeth Costello about two years...