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April 2017

April 06, 2017

Spiritual refugees

Most of us are refugees in someway. Many are emotional or spiritual refugees, as distant...

March 2017

March 28, 2017

Republican Christians

Not since the Reformation has the choice been so clear. On one side, Christians who...

March 16, 2017

Resident Aliens

I met Will Willlimon recently. (His preaching technique was exactly what I was taught in...

March 05, 2017

Joy

February 2017

February 14, 2017

Love

The message of Jesus is simple: Love God. Love others. That’s it. Everything else is...

February 08, 2017

Anne Frank

People are suffering. Seeking freedom and the American Dream. Searching for safety and security. Many...

February 04, 2017

Why Christians should oppose banning anyone

Because the Bible says discriminating is wrong. Scripture says favoritism is wrong. For example: "My...

January 2017

January 30, 2017

A morning prayer

January 28, 2017

Division

January 24, 2017

We are ALL loved

I attended a charming Christmas pageant a few weeks before Christmas. The small church in...

January 21, 2017

Inauguration Day 2017

Some Conservative Christians hated President Obama so much, that after eight years they've completely divorced...

January 16, 2017

A Christian nation? No, thanks.

Scripture tells us that when the Israelites lost faith in the Lord, they demanded a...

January 15, 2017

Character as clear as black and white

The president-elect of the United States kicked-off the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend by...

January 05, 2017

Do not be afraid

As a year ends and another begins, I pause to reflect upon the year gone...

December 2016

December 28, 2016

The Christmas Celebration Ends with an Empty Easter Tomb

The story begins with the Christmas celebration of the birth of a baby. The Christmas...

December 17, 2016

Is Christ really in your heart?

December 05, 2016

Saint Nicholas’ Day

Last weekend at the Mall of America in Minnesota, Larry Jefferson donned his Santa apparel,...

November 2016

November 12, 2016

Kristallnacht

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." ...

October 2016

October 24, 2016

Q & A – Fundamentalist family fun

Q: Any ideas about how to convince half of the people I care about not...

October 22, 2016

"To be spiritual is to be amazed"

Rather than try to teach my two and a half year-old how to see the...

October 08, 2016

A letter to a local church

I sent this e-mail to an area church this week. I've redacted the church's name...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

Losing our religion

A new study seeks to shed light on why people are leaving religion in the...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

Understanding Christians in Fowler's Stages of Faith

Ask a seven year-old what it’s like to be 70. Get angry when a 16...

May 2016

May 22, 2016

"Both Heaven and Hell"

(Another in my series chronicling my possible return to vocational ministry.) There's a church nearby...

May 13, 2016

Finding a sign

For sometime, I've been prayerfully, seriously considering returning to vocational ministry. My wife and I...

April 2016

April 30, 2016

Original sin

The idea of original sin really is original, it's not in the Bible. It's a...

April 22, 2016

More about the Bible

I wrote about the Bible previously. So, this is a little more about the Bible....

March 2016

March 26, 2016

“Woman”

“Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene...

March 25, 2016

There they crucified him

"So they took Jesus; and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what...

March 19, 2016

American Jesus

The United States has the second highest obesity rate in the world. Despite easy access...