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September 2015

September 20, 2015

At the Heart of Worship

You can don ancient vestments, light candles, and chants prayers amid clouds of incense; you...

September 07, 2015

Christianity Yet Lives

I turned 50 today but it only occurred to me last night while reading Tikhon...

August 2015

August 07, 2015

We Aspire to a Beautiful Mystery

Our culture has lost a sense of reverence and by that I don't mean putting...

April 2015

April 21, 2015

Custodian of the Cosmos

When Jesus wraps a towel around his waist and washes the feet of his disciples...

April 19, 2015

God’s Radical “Yes” to Humanity

Telling or living the story of our salvation as a resurrection without a cross, as...

April 15, 2015

Not the God of Traditionalists or Progressives

In Jesus Christ, God is not an abstraction, concept, or idea but a Person. The...

April 13, 2015

Bidden or Unbidden God Is Present

Things happen when you are a pastor; almost every week presents at least one scenario...

April 07, 2015

Keeping It Real: An Easter Sermon

If you were inventing a story that you wanted people in the ancient world to...

April 02, 2015

Welcome to the Cross, American Christian

If you welcome every person from the heart, seek to love as Christ loves, to...

April 01, 2015

God Does Not Become What God Hates

What is man that God is mindful of him? It's a good question. Watch televised...

March 2015

March 25, 2015

Incarnate Love and the Wrath of God

God has wrath. This is not the same thing as the human emotion of anger...

March 24, 2015

Not the God of Human Expectation

The Cross is our murder of God. This needs to be said first. The Cross...

March 20, 2015

Why We Fast (27 Days In)

Perhaps you've tried to keep a fast this Lent? Perhaps you read somewhere that Lent...

March 17, 2015

“Just Me and My Bible”

When we say "just me and my Bible" we are not Christians but narcissists. Whenever...

March 07, 2015

The Aroma of Forgiveness

I can always tell when someone has no idea what they are talking about when...

November 2014

November 18, 2014

Everything About Jesus Saves Us

I came out to my car last week and drove to Detroit in silence (about...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

We Know What God Looks Like

It's incredible how often an idea about God replaces in the Christian mind the God...

October 23, 2014

Had Your DISquiet Time Today?

Have you ever tried to have a conversation with a stranger about God? It's not...

October 21, 2014

Authority Is a Person

I talk to people who struggle with belief in God, those raised with faith and...

October 20, 2014

Your Truest Self Awaits

Whoever you are you were made in the image and likeness of God, and that...

October 14, 2014

Freedom and the Church’s Sermons

According to the Houston Chronicle, attorneys for the city of Houston have subpoenaed sermons given...

October 08, 2014

Either Side of the Cross

In the ancient world and in this brave new one, Jesus hangs on a tree,...

October 04, 2014

A More Genuine Sympathy

The sympathy cards available at Hallmark or the drugstore rarely contain anything that could remind...

October 03, 2014

A Heart That Is Broken Is A Heart That Is Open

"A heart that is broken is a heart that is open." —U2 The suffering faith...

September 2014

September 29, 2014

Everything Is in Motion

September 27, 2014

It Takes a Woman

Victor Vasnetsov (Russian, 1848-1926) The Gospel can be stated this simply, really...God made human at...

September 26, 2014

It’s Not About Me

We live, in fact, in a society that is so subjective and individualistic in character...

September 17, 2014

Turning Off Omniscience

I avoid televised news media altogether. I have done this for two years. As C.S....