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July 21, 2025

Blessed Living Is Released!

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July 13, 2025

Hiding in Sentiment

"And who is my neighbor?" (Luke 10: 29b NRSVUE) Where are we hiding? What are...

October 2024

October 14, 2024

Why Do You Call Me Good?

Some people think I am a real person. It is a good bet that I...

January 2024

January 20, 2024

Repenting The Family Business

The prophet Elijah was instructed to find Elisha, and anoint him as a prophet who...

November 2023

November 21, 2023

Gift And Gratitude Revisited

Two years ago, I made a post called gift and gratitude. It is primarily about...

October 2022

October 17, 2022

Conformity Is Easier

I ask myself every week. What would St. Paul think about the value the Church...

September 2022

September 20, 2022

God Does NOT Have A Plan For Your Life

One of the Calvinist cornerstones of Prosperity Theology is the idea that God has a...

July 2022

July 18, 2022

Is Your Political Organization A Church?

Political organizations making religious claims is nothing new in the United States. The role of...

July 03, 2022

Liberty of Conscience

"It is neither right nor safe to go against conscience" -Martin Luther. Does your conscience...

April 2022

April 11, 2022

Just To Give You An Idea

The guide said it over and over again. "Just to give you an idea." An...

July 2021

July 26, 2021

The Zealot Revisited

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

June 2021

June 01, 2021

3 Attitudes Are Killing American Churches

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

March 2021

March 18, 2021

Decolonizing White Privileged Christianity

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

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 11, 2021

Pledging Allegiance to the Christian Flag

"When we were kids," a church member said, "we pledged allegiance to the Bible and...

December 2020

December 24, 2020

Christmas Eve Chaos

Linus told us what Christmas is all about. We try to remember it for the...

December 21, 2020

Mary The Prophet

Mary is very important to the story of Jesus. Because, she is one of us....

June 2020

June 21, 2020

In The Image Of Parents

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

June 15, 2020

Is Donald Trump Welcome In Your Church?

President Trump is a foil for most progressive Christians. He epitomizes every criticism of the...

May 2020

May 21, 2020

Why Churches Disappoint Over Doubt

Every generation is just arrogant enough to believe it has discovered all people "lead lives...

May 14, 2020

Scapegoating Muslims

A Religious Studies student brought a dish to her mother at work one day. She...

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 25, 2020

Announcement

This is an announcement of an interview I am giving this week. I will be...

March 2020

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 24, 2020

The World of Cleverly Devised Myths

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

February 20, 2020

What Makes A Pastor?

What is a pastor? It is commonplace to define the words minister, pastor, evangelist, and...

February 10, 2020

I DID NOT KNOW

"I had no idea?" The statement above is one I have heard many times since...

January 2020

January 27, 2020

St. James Church

I find from time to time that I ask an old question. What kind of...

January 22, 2020

A Strange Day for Remembering

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