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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...

September 2016

September 14, 2016

Oh, Church

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

September 10, 2016

Progressive Evangelical Female’s story of pornography and sexual addiction

I am a progressive evangelical. I like to think of myself as a baptiscostal floating...

August 2016

August 14, 2016

Sexism in the Church

This topic was bound to come up given some of the things that are going...

March 2016

March 27, 2016

Hey it’s Jesus in an Easter Dress Sitting in the Lotus, but You don’t Recognize Him

I cried on Easter Sunday...actually, Jesus my bridegroom wept because again He went unrecognized. It's...

August 2015

August 14, 2015

When Church Island Crumbles

Spoiler Alert: If you have not seen Disney's Inside Out, this post contains the basic...

August 10, 2015

How we failed to plant a successful church

How We failed at Successful Church Planting I sat with middle aged white...

June 2015

June 10, 2015

I Used To Know How To Walk On Water

Now and then, I find myself knocked down in the dirt in confusion and only...

May 2015

May 24, 2015

Pentecost: An Invitation to Dream

In the liturgical calendar of the Christian year, today is Pentecost — a celebration of the...

February 2015

February 14, 2015

All About That Faith

Since the day we first enter the world, we face the realities of imperfection. We...

January 2015

January 17, 2015

Let’s Talk About Race

This week at my church, Solomon's Porch, while our usual master of ceremonies, Doug Pagitt,...

January 11, 2015

On Sleeping Early and Laundry in the Middle of the Night

“The ordinary activities I find most compatible with contemplation are walking, baking bread, and doing...

January 10, 2015

Selma

50 years ago is a very short time. Fifty years ago there loomed a war...

November 2014

November 24, 2014

The Not So Irresistible Revolution

In 2005 I read Shane Claiborne’s Irresistible Revolution and fell in love with the idea...

November 16, 2014

An Emergent Episcopalian Shares Some Thoughts about the Church

Many of us in the emergent conversation have left institutional Christianity. We do not trust...

November 14, 2014

An Interstellar God

Yes, I am unashamedly referencing the movie, but that's because I can't get it out...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

The busy, dizzy bustle in this lonely, lonely world. Traffic moving forward. People moving back....

February 22, 2013

#SKEPTIMERGENT: why NOT “church”?

I'm reconsidering a positive use of the word "church." I have my criticisms, but I...

February 20, 2013

Poetry: American Sons by Randy Woodley

Today, I'm posting about the American enterprise of war but really more about how precious...

February 12, 2013

Poetry : Randy Woodley, The Haunting (A Tribute to Richard Twiss)

Over the next several months I will be posting some of my poetry every Wednesday....

February 08, 2013

#SKEPTIMERGENT: the atheist’s dilemma

I would guess that most people who have grown up and stayed in churches do...

January 2013

January 23, 2013

Return to a Theology of Normalcy or the Same Old Homogenous Imperialism? By Randy S. Woodley

It is coming….the signs of restored racism in our society are beginning to show… Increased...

December 2012

December 24, 2012

May Christmas be Filled with Mouse Poop and Camel Spit By Randy S. Woodley

In this cynical and snarky world in which we live, we are getting pretty good...

December 05, 2012

Finding Current Meaning In Jesus’ Birth (Part 1) By Randy Woodley

It Was A Night Around Christmas The meaning of this poem will be reflected in...

October 2012

October 10, 2012

Heal Me: Why Tommy and the White Western Colonial Church? By Randy Woodley

I began this conversation I called, See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me as...

October 06, 2012

THE SHOE FETISH: THE EVIL OF ALTRUISM

there was a woman who had a shoe fetish. no matter what, she had to...

September 2012

September 26, 2012

Touch Me: it takes a lifetime by Randy Woodley

(I began this series See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me as a challenge...

September 12, 2012

Can You Feel Me? Yes, Somebody Did? by Randy Woodley

I actually began the series See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me as a...

August 2012

August 29, 2012

See Me: A Call to Christians in the West to Invite Those Different Than Them to the Table by Randy Woodley

(Read the Introduction to this series) So, what is the cost to the whole community...

August 02, 2012

What Does a Good Leadership Meeting Look Like?

How about this for a monthly leadership meeting? Council Meeting, July 2012 To begin, we...