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September 2020

September 23, 2020

Racism Is The Emergency: News From Louisville

Racism is the real emergency. What if we truly addressed systemic racial injustice with the...

August 2020

August 15, 2020

How It’s Always Been

100 years from now/ they will sit in churches/ and worship in wide circles/wearing masks...

July 2020

July 16, 2020

The Privilege of Denial

There are some striking parallels between those who refuse to mask up, who call the...

July 11, 2020

Economy or Empire? What We Build Next Starts With Schools

Yes, the economy truly does matter – but how we are defining that economy matters...

July 03, 2020

Wait For It: Is the Church Going to Be A Hamilton, Or A Burr?

"Hamilton" is a story that America needs to hear right now. It reminds us that...

June 2020

June 24, 2020

Preaching Out Loud: Why Everyone’s Talking About This Episode of Queer Eye, And What The Church Can Learn

There are reasons everybody is talking about this episode, and not just me and my...

June 08, 2020

Truth and Transformation: Can The Church Survive Confronting Racism?

As Americans, we have a choice in nearly everything. From where we live to what...

May 2020

May 23, 2020

Essential

Use the church as a pawn in political games? They would never! Well. If by 'never'...

April 2020

April 26, 2020

If We Weren’t Afraid: What Is The Post-Pandemic Church Going To Be?

We've all got a story we've told too many times, right? Mine is this: Once,...

March 2020

March 31, 2020

This Pandemic Is A Test: But Maybe Not How You Think

If you'd told me a month ago that a pastor in America would be arrested...

March 26, 2020

Pandemic: We Are One Body

Depending upon where you live, your life may or may not have been altered dramatically...

March 13, 2020

Five Ways To Be The Church When Church Is Canceled

There are many unknowns here. There is unprecedented territory ahead, and nobody can say how...

March 10, 2020

Viral Fear Reveals The Worst Of Us: COVID-19 And Fear Of Scarcity

Like many of you, I'm troubled by many things right now. I'm not panicking-- I...

March 07, 2020

Do We Need A New Word For “Privilege?”

I'm getting weird deja vu as I start this post. Sometimes things I write sound...

March 04, 2020

Vote From The Edge: What’s Next After Super Tuesday Disappointment

Full disclosure, I'm feeling more than a little salty that the primaries are set up...

February 2020

February 28, 2020

Giving Up or Showing Up: Lent And The Less Easy Way

Temptation is a loaded word. Does it make you think first of standard-issue sin, like stealing, adultery,...

February 02, 2020

The Character Of Our City, And The Problem With the Chop: Kansas City On Super Bowl Sunday

Guest post: Rev. Laura Ann Phillips I love sports. I’m not great at playing any...

January 2020

January 18, 2020

Keeping Time

It's a rainy, gray Saturday morning, and I'm dropping my daughter off at the theater...

December 2019

December 20, 2019

Signs and Wonders

It was not rare to have visitors in my office. But it was extremely rare...

December 11, 2019

Threshold: How To Make A Hard Decision

Maybe it's the schedule full of festivities, the time spent with friends and family you...

November 2019

November 27, 2019

When Your Best Tradition Is No Tradition: Home Is Where Your Pie Is

We used to spend Thanksgivings on the farm. The idyllic, iconic American experience. Mamaw would...

November 26, 2019

Magnify The Joy: Hope and Gratitude In the Midst of Illness

I've had the privilege of knowing Shawn McGuffey since college-- which means I've had the...

November 17, 2019

Waste The Stamp: Letters to Santa, and Other Acts of Faith

There is a 9-year-old scientist in my house who can name for you every element...

November 11, 2019

Permission To Unperfect

My Girl Child was melting down. It was 8am, the Wednesday after a 4-day weekend....

November 03, 2019

A Cloud of Witnesses

He'd been making the rounds. The man in the trench coat, Bible in hand, burst...

October 2019

October 23, 2019

We’re Not Going Home

Guest Post: Rev. Megan Severns Huston “My new office is by the band room” Mom...

October 01, 2019

October Is Burning: 31 Days To Save The Planet

Oh, October. How I love thee. Let me count the ways. On this sacred occasion--October...

August 2019

August 16, 2019

The Myth of Self-Sufficiency: And How The “Public Charge” Rule Perpetuates It

The myth of American bootstraps is alive and well. The economy teeters on the edge...

August 07, 2019

Maybe Our “Thoughts And Prayers” Are The Wrong Kind of Prayer

Prayer is not meaningless. Sure, it is no magic bullet (pun intended, hard). Nor is...

July 2019

July 17, 2019

How To Be A Guest: 7 Things I Learned About Visiting A New Church

It was an alien experience for me, pulling in that "visitor" parking spot. But after...