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October 2014

October 30, 2014

In All Kinds of Weather

Harry was finally talking to Cho Chang. Stars aligned. Fireworks started. The orchestra keyed up...

October 16, 2014

Dear Millennials: Sorry We’re So Obsessed With You

Dear Millennials, I know it’s kind of creepy. We want to know where you live,...

October 08, 2014

Talking About Real Life and Faith: A Review of the Animate DVD Series for Small Groups

Leaders in the progressive church-y world are always looking for ‘The Thing.’ You know, the...

September 2014

September 22, 2014

The One Where We Can’t Go Home Again

20 years ago today, the pilot episode of Friends aired in primetime on NBC. 20 YEARS,...

September 17, 2014

How to Do It All

Sometimes other clergy ask for advice on how to balance being a pastor and a...

September 04, 2014

Sex, Death, and the Same Old Tree

I just keep thinking about that tree. You know the one. It stood in the...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

Not in the Fire, Not in the Wind

The following is from week 2 of the sermon series "Doors and Windows: Faces of...

August 20, 2014

Mapping the Message: A Choose Your Own Adventure Tale for Preachers

When I write about pastoral life, I try to make it interesting and/or useful to...

August 14, 2014

Love Anyway: An Ode to First Days

I was not the mom sobbing into my latte. Nor was I the mom skipping...

August 12, 2014

Good Morning: Thoughts on Robin Williams, and Hearing Whole Stories

When I was little, my dad bought the soundtrack (cassette tape, of course) to Good...

August 05, 2014

Peach and Potato: A Parable

Listen: Yesterday I went to rural Missouri with some youth and other church folks. We...

July 2014

July 23, 2014

#BecauseJesus

While flipping through radio stations, I came upon a show where the morning hosts asked...

July 21, 2014

Holy Ground: A Small Place at the Center of Everything

Genesis 28:10-19 Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran. 11He came to a certain place and...

June 2014

June 16, 2014

The Turning Away

PSSSSSsssttt. You guys. Somebody tell the Southern Baptists that the transgender crowd is not exactly...

June 11, 2014

View from the Fountain: A Pentecost Sermon

[click here, if you'd rather listen than read] 1 Corinthians 13:3-13 3Therefore I want you...

June 04, 2014

Screaming Like a Girl

The small boys were screaming—nay, shrieking—on the playground. It was all in good 4-year-old fun,...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

The Art of Lazing: Your Summer Reading List

Hey, you. Yeah, you over there: Posting your pictures of summer home improvement projects; the...

May 27, 2014

Dig In: 10 Ways to Find Your Feet in a New Place

Hey. I haven’t had much to say lately. I’m not sure why that is, other...

May 05, 2014

Life Out There: Celebrating 5 Years of Patheos

As a writer, I live 'in here,' in my head much of the time. As...

April 2014

April 29, 2014

Red Tape at the Table

Picture this: a devout woman, active in her local parish, has been denied communion for...

April 24, 2014

A Doctor, A Pastor, and a Car Salesman…

No, they're not walking into a bar. But perhaps they should... Here's what I know...

April 18, 2014

In New Skin, Again

Yes, this is what I do when I should be working on sermon notes, or...

April 17, 2014

Broken and Othered

This morning, I went to an interfaith Service of Unity and Hope at the Jewish...

April 14, 2014

Changing the Conversation: 7 Ways to End Violence While Keeping Your Guns

I’m tired of hearing “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people!” I’m tired of conversations...

April 10, 2014

Check Yes or No: 7 Things Churches Should Not Ask In a Pastoral Search Interview

I was on the phone with a pastoral search committee a couple weeks ago—no, I...

April 01, 2014

Love and Perfect–Wait for it–Timing

Major spoiler alert—(insert Ted and Robin salute—Major Spoiler Alert!) If don't want to know how...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

Buzzfeed Your Soul: Which Whatever Are You?

Which Downton Abby character are you? Buzzfeed wanted to know. Ok, fine. I’ll play. I...

March 20, 2014

Before Someone Drops a House on You

I've long had a theory about Fred Phelps: He didn't really hate gay people. Well,...

March 19, 2014

Singing in Dimly Lit Places: Is Religious Freedom Under Threat?

Here is the question that will be on Patheos Public Square next week: While the...

March 17, 2014

Green With Cultural Envy: Why We’re Over the Top for Every Possible Holiday

The Sunday before Valentine's day, I was doing my usual Sunday afternoon thing--staring at the...

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