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December 2023

December 12, 2023

Mary Weeps

We are familiar with the phenomenon of weeping statues of Mary. I once heard the...

June 2023

June 19, 2023

Consuming Worship?

Do lay people think of themselves as customers consuming worship? Pastors, like me, are appalled...

June 08, 2023

Awakened at The Inn

I was awakened by the innkeeper's servant. She was a young girl who had been...

January 2023

January 19, 2023

What’s On The Menu?

Food is a spiritual issue. Mark Mylod's The Menu makes that abundantly clear. It is...

September 2022

September 15, 2022

Putting The Gardens To Bed

September is when we begin putting our gardens to bed where I live. In the...

August 2022

August 29, 2022

A Place For Christian Worship

A definition for a church building is "a place for Christian worship." I have pondered...

June 2022

June 09, 2022

Keeping Cool While On Fire

Cool and warm are not often used the same way. Yet, a person may be...

May 2022

May 31, 2022

Praying for Enemies

Am I required to pray for my enemies? Can I pray they get judged, condemned,...

May 24, 2022

I Never Knew That Until Now

Few things are more gratifying to a pastor or teacher as a person saying, "I...

March 2022

March 21, 2022

Denying Grace In Lent

Denying ourselves some simple pleasures for forty day is not easy. Pleasures are important to...

December 2021

December 13, 2021

Advent And The Unrighteousness of Work

I love my work. But sometimes I hate my job. Many friends are used to...

November 2021

November 24, 2021

Gift and Gratitude

Today I contemplate the Greek word charis. It is often translated as grace. But it...

October 2021

October 14, 2021

Mission Without Meditation

We all agreed what we needed in our Annual Conference is a renewed sense of...

July 2021

July 30, 2021

Reflecting On My Fight With COVID-19 A Year Later

I caught myself reflecting this time last year I got COVID. Mine was a mild...

July 22, 2021

Living Off The Land As Spirituality

Living off the land is not romantic. It is a necessity for many where I...

July 07, 2021

4 Spiritual Foundations

Spirituality is either a practice or a desire. People can claim to be "spiritual rather...

June 2021

June 25, 2021

Materialist Obsessions

Okay. We all know the concept of "being a materialist is bad." People should not...

June 01, 2021

3 Attitudes Are Killing American Churches

The churches are not coming apart and failing because of beliefs. It is happening because...

May 2021

May 06, 2021

Faith Of A Child

Child-like faith is not the same as childish faith. There is a lot of that...

March 2021

March 31, 2021

Unlearning: The Secret of Lent

I adopted the practice of observing Lent as an adult. I had some unlearning to...

March 08, 2021

The Law of Love

Tolstoy's Letter to a Hindu, which I read again this week, is a homily on the Perennial...

February 2021

February 15, 2021

Consumerist Christianity

Nothing illustrates the consumerist model of Christianity than the Worship Wars. A few decades ago,...

December 2020

December 14, 2020

That Useless Feeling

Ecclesiastes is my favorite book of the Hebrew Bible. "Useless, useless, says the preacher, everything is...

November 2020

November 23, 2020

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day is controversial. No one should be surprised by it. I have often thought...

November 16, 2020

Disagreeing With Jesus

Disagreeing with Jesus does not seem to be an option. Jesus never agrees to disagree....

November 05, 2020

Election Blues

I am not surprised. No. Not in the least. Since the Bush/Gore election of 2000,...

October 2020

October 15, 2020

The Shelf Life of Pastors

Pastors live on the shelf in the pantry of many people. We are dry goods....

October 05, 2020

Sympathy For The Obstinate

When someone is in active addiction, their loved ones are at a loss. How do...

September 2020

September 16, 2020

When We Say The Word “God.”

Knowing the answer before the question is asked is the privilege of the teacher. I...

September 14, 2020

The 666th Day

I know today is Holy Cross. It is celebrated by the oldest traditions within Christianity....