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November 2017

November 27, 2017

I hope you kneel

I hope you kneel in broad daylight under the noonday sun on the moist Mother...

May 2017

May 13, 2017

Mamie, Did you Know? A Mother’s Day Poem for Mamie Till-Mobley

Mamie, did you know that your baby boy would one day be pulled from the...

January 2017

January 13, 2017

An Inaugural Prayer

Holy God, Help Us Help us learn that we are our brother's keeper. Help us...

November 2016

November 13, 2016

A Post-Election Poem

I want you to keep my name out of your mouth. It doesn't matter where...

September 2016

September 14, 2016

Oh, Church

As I see you standing there. I’m not sure what to do. I wasn’t expecting...

May 2016

May 20, 2016

The Time is NOW to embrace our not so menacing Shadow

Shadows go in front of you, leading into your future and trail behind you,...

April 2016

April 17, 2016

Now – A poem and painting reminding us to be present

This year I have been thinking about how to get the most out of life....

January 2016

January 17, 2016

Death, Grieving and the Christmas Story

Earlier in December my mother-in-law suddenly passed away. It was totally unexpected. You might say...

November 2015

November 21, 2015

I walk the line

Verbally abused in an unwarranted and shocking attack in my home this week by someone...

November 17, 2015

“Radical Gratitude: Hearing the Call” – a poem

November is national gratitude month. With that in mind, I wanted...

October 2015

October 08, 2015

Inevitable: the death of news as we know it

Sometimes, I just think in poetry. Today is such a day. Sometimes, when I spend...

October 06, 2015

Slave to Love

When did this happen? She felt like an overcooked porkchop... Where was her essence, flavor...

May 2015

May 05, 2015

Sit with me in the I don’t know

Does the weight of the world lie heavy on your shoulders most days these past...

April 2015

April 10, 2015

Seize life!

The quester The quester… that could describe my life and I like that! When I...

April 06, 2015

she prays while he swears

he wants to pray, but his head is full of philosophies theologies, theodicies, Divine Command...

April 05, 2015

Eye Gazing in Prison on Holy Saturday

I spent Holy Saturday at the Philadelphia FDC 3South floor with 12 incarcerated women attending...

January 2015

January 16, 2015

Growing as Agents of Peace and Healing

Come then, my beloved, my lovely one, come. For see, winter is past, the rains...

December 2014

December 18, 2014

This Advent, Think Different. What Is GOD Waiting For?

It’s Advent again. This is the time, leading up to Christmas, when we reflect upon...

October 2014

October 22, 2014

Rebellion and Awe

I am grateful to my people of origin, the Evangelicals. Sure they scared the hell...

September 2014

September 12, 2014

Soren Kierkegaard: The First Emergent Thinker? (Part One)

For the past fifteen years the “Emerging Church” has been a source of refuge for...

September 06, 2014

Welcome to the Zoo

Mike Stavlund is a husband, a father, a writer, an emergence practitioner, and an adjunct...

December 2013

December 13, 2013

Gungor: The Postmodern Anthem Band

It took me a long time to write this. I thought I should try to...

October 2013

October 09, 2013

The Death of a Beautiful Woman

"The death, then, of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

Interview with Mike Stavlund & an Easter Poem

It was another busy week on Doug Pagitt radio. We had a chance to chat...

March 19, 2013

Vocation by Instinct (or what birds buildings nests might tell us about finding meaningful work)

Some thoughts and a poem on intuition and vocation after conversations with Troy Bronsink, Jon...

February 2013

February 26, 2013

Beyond Idolatry

a short blog post and poem written in response to our conversation with Peter Rollins...

August 2012

August 27, 2012

” Forest Life: by Shane Crash “…radical, scandalous redemptive imagination

For years I have been exploring the idea of faith on the fringe of church-ianity...

April 2012

April 29, 2012

Lines at Easter

I am an amateur poet. Well, more precisely I scribble on paper and end up...

February 2012

February 11, 2012

For those who know: a modern parable

It may have occurred to you as strange my friend when the ravenous vultures began...

January 2012

January 19, 2012

Loving Jesus, Hating Religion: A Well-Meaning False Dichotomy

The last two weeks has seen a new viral sensation take over our computer screens....