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April 2020

April 25, 2020

Without Casseroles and Crowded Churches: 10 Ways To Support The Grieving While Social Distancing

Guest Post: Rev. Selena Wright “Grief must be witnessed.*” One of the greatest gifts of...

September 2019

September 22, 2019

Americans Are Starved For Community: TV Might Be The Answer

Dillon, Texas. Pawnee, Indiana. Stars Hollow, Connecticut. These are my favorite places to visit when...

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...

April 2019

April 03, 2019

The Solution To The Migration Crisis Is Stronger Communities, Not Higher Walls

I just got back from Honduras. Otherwise known around these parts as “Mexico,” at least...

March 2019

March 30, 2019

Our Church’s Foster Child

Guest post by the Rev. Allison Lanza One of the members of the church where...

March 28, 2019

Mental Health Advocacy: Psychology Beyond Therapy

Guest post by Dr. Georgeann Brown Their stories are with me. Maybe they needed substance...

February 2019

February 01, 2019

Worshipful Living: How a Church in the Netherlands Prayed Away Deportation

The concept of "worshipful living" is an underrated Christian practice. Most of us worship once...

December 2018

December 03, 2018

Coming and Going: Ghosts of Advents Past

When you're a pastor, there is never a good time to tell your church folks...

November 2018

November 01, 2018

Door to Door: The Powerful Art of Neighboring

That nice, warm—maybe almost happy?—feeling that you have today is not just about candy and...

September 2018

September 17, 2018

Boldly Go: The Gospel of Star Trek

This is part of a six-week sermon series "Resistance: Justice Heroes From the Bible and...

June 2018

June 14, 2018

Called to Serve the Poor People’s Campaign

Guest post by the Rev. Megan Severns Huston The first time I met the Rev....

June 01, 2018

Inspired by the Kids on TV

The kids on TV inspired our kids to dream of walkouts and marches that would...

April 2018

April 25, 2018

Is Church for Extroverts?

Most churches are designed by and for extroverts. To be truly diverse, we need to...

January 2017

January 05, 2017

10 Ways to Care for Someone (When Nothing Will Fix It)

You just can't imagine what they must be going through. You don't know what you...

August 2016

August 03, 2016

Passing the Peace

Hi, folks. I took a week or so away from blogging to finish my book, and...

July 2016

July 18, 2016

Just One Thing: On Hearing and Being Heard

Sermon from Sunday, July 17; Luke 10:38-42 The man said to the doctor, “I’m concerned...

June 2016

June 22, 2016

Get Off the Fence: Why “We Welcome Everyone” Isn’t Enough

Since last week's horrific shooting at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, many pastors have offered words...

May 2016

May 12, 2016

Don’t Like Your Pastor? Don’t Leave Your Church

There's a blog post going around called "So You Don't Like your Pastor..." I read...

May 09, 2016

Cleaning the Brushes: The Never-Done Work of Ministry

My friend Kory shares some thoughts on the "never done-ness" of ministry. On behalf of...

May 03, 2016

Lost and Found: A Parable In Socks

You know what was great about living in the desert all those years? Among other...

November 2015

November 07, 2015

Lost in the Crowd

It's been a big week in Kansas City. Following the Royals' World Series win, we pretty...

November 12, 2014

Bad News, Good News

Over the weekend, two young people in our community committed suicide. These young women went the same...

January 2014

January 22, 2014

Showing Up

I never know what to say when someone thanks me for making a hospital or...

December 2013

December 23, 2013

In Church, At Christmas Time

It's Christmas week, and you know what that means--re-runs! I wrote this piece last year,...

January 2013

January 24, 2013

Goodness and Truth

It was that lovely week of Christmas when utterly NOTHING happens at church, and we clergy types...

September 2012

September 12, 2012

Preparing a Place

Sometimes the best, most life-giving things in the life of a church evolve without a...

October 2011

October 12, 2011

Everyone Else

October is a big month at my house. Yesterday was baby's birthday (not such a...

September 2011

September 10, 2011

Soul Seasons

A pumpkin latte in my hand. From Not Starbuck's. A cool crisp 62 degrees out....

September 09, 2011

For Such a Time as This

I was sitting on the floor of my crummy first-year-of-being-a-grownup apartment, doing grad school homework...

September 08, 2011

The Sacred Struggle

"The middle ground lies in the struggle. The acceptance that, when violence becomes necessary to...