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August 2020

August 06, 2020

Why I Am A Progressive Christian Part 3

I began this series with the conflict between science and theology. I called into question...

August 03, 2020

Why I Am A Progressive Christian Part 2

Many fundamentalists become atheists because the Bible fails them. Christian fundamentalist/evangelicals make the Bible the...

July 2020

July 31, 2020

Why I Am A Progressive Christian (Part 1)

There has always been a conflict between science and theology. I am not supposed to...

July 27, 2020

Love During A Pandemic

Our timing is really off this time. I proposed to my now fiancee just as...

July 13, 2020

Self-Indulgent Guilt

Wedding rehearsals occur because of how everything is supposed to happen during the ceremony. It...

July 08, 2020

I Approve This Message

Campaign season is here. Presidential campaigns begin on January 21st of the new term. Posturing...

June 2020

June 29, 2020

A New Ministry

This morning I did something I have done more times than I like to think...

June 24, 2020

Atoning For The Congregation

Aaron made atonement for the congregation. It was necessary. Both he and Moses were attacked...

June 21, 2020

In The Image Of Parents

Believe it or not, most of us developed our first images of God based on...

June 11, 2020

The Barbaric Text

I recoiled the first time I read the words Acts concerning St. Paul's shipwreck. Luke...

June 01, 2020

Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace.

Jeremiah's words apply to the situation of the United States and the American churches over...

May 2020

May 27, 2020

Pentecost And The Best Intentions

Remember Pentecost? It's that Holy Day fifty days after Easter Day. Yeah, that one. It...

May 18, 2020

Is Progressive Christianity Really Christian?

I was once told that "a liberal theologian is just an atheist dressed-up for church."...

May 11, 2020

The Heart Of A Pastor

I remember the first time I was told I had "a pastor's heart." It was...

May 04, 2020

The Alien Bible

I teach Bible studies. That's not a big surprise considering I am a pastor. Each...

April 2020

April 30, 2020

Are We Supposed To Mourn Forever?

Christians make bad proclamations out of good observations. St. Paul's famous observation from Romans 6:23,...

April 27, 2020

The Vindication of Christ

I have a question for everyone who thinks about divine judgment. What do you believe...

April 20, 2020

Enough Eggs

A community Easter egg hunt is an interesting example of commutative justice. Okay. Hold your...

April 16, 2020

The Fragile God

Alfred Nobel never endowed a prize for mathematics. Legend has it his mistress left him...

April 13, 2020

Easter Monday

I once saw a funny meme on a T-shirt. It read, "on the eighth day...

April 09, 2020

The New Commandment Requires Courage

Jesus said to the disciples, "I give you a new commandment, that you love one...

April 06, 2020

Time To Burn It Down

Holy Week is the time we remember all of the events of the last week...

April 04, 2020

Justice And Dionysius

Our group stood on a catwalk looking over the restored floor on an ancient house...

March 2020

March 27, 2020

Truth Is Important

Recent events have reminded us that facts are important. Indeed, the very importance of truth...

March 23, 2020

STABILITY AND NEEDING TO STAY HOME

The New Testament writers understood the importance of social stability. The letters of Ss. Peter...

March 19, 2020

Sufficiently Religious

Early in 1991, the telephone in the church parsonage rang. The senior minister answered the...

March 17, 2020

Hope Beyond Pestilence and Despair

I am tempted to despair in this time of global pandemic. I see a denial...

February 2020

February 26, 2020

Why Ash Wednesday?

Imposing ashes is one of the distinctive attributes of Western Christianity. It is the beginning...

February 24, 2020

The World of Cleverly Devised Myths

Transfiguration Sunday has passed. St. Peter reminds us that the world is becoming new. The...

January 2020

January 22, 2020

A Strange Day for Remembering

I opened my copy of Common Prayer this morning. The heading for this date concerns the...