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March 2022

March 14, 2022

War For Your Entertainment

"Of course, war is entertaining" - Screwtape Russia's invasion of Ukraine is not entertainment for...

March 10, 2022

The Revolution Begins May 1st

Forgive me for approaching what many take as serious business lightly. What some people believe...

March 07, 2022

Beginning A Forty Day Journey

The story is about the end of Jesus’ forty days in the wilderness. We are...

February 2022

February 28, 2022

Hell Is A Gated Community

"And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my...

February 24, 2022

Ukraine and The Same Old Story

The leader began with the story. "There is evil abroad." And the tale continued from...

February 09, 2022

Did Matthew Change The Beatitudes?

I swallowed nervously knowing what my next question would produce. We were studying Luke's version...

February 07, 2022

Holy Disobedience Or Holy Initiative

Protestants do not have a clear idea of holy obedience. We leave that submission to...

January 2022

January 27, 2022

Imperial Idolatry

Imperial ambitions are the disease of nations. Empire arises from the desire to protect and...

December 2021

December 16, 2021

Climate Disasters And Christmas

Natural disasters around Christmas enhance the tragedy for those who do not experience it. We...

November 2021

November 24, 2021

Gift and Gratitude

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

November 15, 2021

Heresy, Insanity, and The Destruction of the Faith of Jesus

Heresy is not often the equivalent of insanity. We who grew up during the cold...

November 08, 2021

The Refugee Gospel

The gospel of Matthew can be called the refugee gospel. Scholars think it is the...

October 2021

October 21, 2021

The Spiritual Warfare Trap

A local politician used the phrase spiritual warfare to describe his political viewpoint. The phrase has...

October 07, 2021

The Desire to Recover Misses the Point

Will we recover? This is THE QUESTION every congregation is asking right now. Once the...

September 2021

September 27, 2021

Nightmare of “Midnight Mass”

The new Netflix Series Midnight Mass is about a nightmare. It is a recurring one. People...

August 2021

August 26, 2021

Hell For Other People

Groucho Marx dreamed he had died and gone to Heaven instead of Hell. Once there...

August 02, 2021

How We Came To Be Known For What We Hate

The Church is known for what we hate. We often try to cover ourselves with...

July 2021

July 26, 2021

The Zealot Revisited

The zealot is the enemy of the faithful. Unfortunately, it is hard to tell the...

July 05, 2021

Violent Self-Righteousness From The Pulpits

"Kill them all! Let God sort them out!" And other forms of violent indiscriminate bluster...

June 2021

June 28, 2021

Hail Mary: Saving Paradise By Technology

Project Hail Mary is the latest work by Andy Weir. It is as good if not...

June 17, 2021

Listening To Working Class Folks

The Working Class has spoken. They spoke in 2016 and 2020. But are we listening?...

June 14, 2021

4 Paths Toward A Religious Vision of Nature

June is the month I consider again the same is question. What paths lead to...

May 2021

May 25, 2021

Offended Without Remorse!

Delicacy is the quality most feigned by obnoxious people. To claim, "I am offended," gains...

May 20, 2021

The River To The Sea

The Sea of Galilee is a wide lake of the Jordan river. The Jordan flows...

May 17, 2021

5 Beliefs Of Progressive Christians

Why use the label "Progressive Christian?" C.S. Lewis argued that putting Christian beliefs alongside any...

April 2021

April 12, 2021

Banality Not Hypocrisy

"People are tired of the hypocrisy of the church." I hear this said a lot....

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 26, 2021

The Excluding Mind

Is being inclusive a virtue? If so what does excluding other people mean? Is it...

March 22, 2021

Life Temporal And Life Eternal

I gave my sermon for the final Sunday in Lent yesterday. I describe how life...

March 18, 2021

Decolonizing White Privileged Christianity

Miguel A. De La Torre discussed his new book on Crackers and Grape Juice a...