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February 2020

February 01, 2020

Blessed: The Lie That Built America

We are so blessed. Or maybe I should say, we are so "blessed." The problem...

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...

December 06, 2019

Rend the Heavens: Do We Really Want God to Come Down?

Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!...

November 2019

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 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...

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...

September 18, 2019

Sit With The Fear: Why The New Sandy Hook Promise Video Should Leave You Haunted

I love a good scare this time of year. Creeping up on October, I'll re-read...

September 04, 2019

Deferred Maintenance

You know how when you have major life transitions going on--like moving, settling your family...

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...

July 11, 2019

Sexism and Sins Of The Progressive Church

I heard a collective sigh go up this morning, as clergywomen across America read the...

July 04, 2019

Who’s Free?

Hey you Over there on that side of history, on that side of the fence…...

June 2019

June 20, 2019

A Bigger Table: 7 Ways to Observe World Refugee Day

There are 71 million refugees in the world right now--more than at any other time...

June 15, 2019

Love Before Everything: And Other Father’s Day Wisdom

Guest Post: by Chris Furr The single greatest moment in my baseball career came when...

June 06, 2019

Summer Reading List: The Year of the Memoir

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Well, that's a lie. Fall is the...

May 2019

May 20, 2019

Daenerys Is Us: Good And Evil In Game of Thrones

Warning... big fat spoilers. If you are waiting to watch the finale, stop here. >>>...

May 17, 2019

Beth Moore’s Good News Can’t Be Unheard

We're from different worlds, theologically speaking. We don't agree on everything, politically or otherwise. But...

May 12, 2019

The Mommy Wars Are Over: Everybody Wins Mother’s Day

Happy Mother's Day, dear readers. I know this day is tricky. I wrote a post...

May 08, 2019

At the Altar of the Gun: High School Shootings and the Sin of Blood Atonement

Last night, my 8-year-old sat down with an atlas and an open browser and decided...

May 06, 2019

Unlikely Pulpits: The Legacy of Rachel Held Evans

She was a voice in the wilderness. Many say that Rachel Held Evans was the...

April 2019

April 19, 2019

Failing Lent: And Other Spiritual Disciplines

It's been three months-- a full quarter of the year--and I haven't written much about...

April 16, 2019

Burning Churches, Competing Tragedies, and Bearing Witness to the Ashes

The Notre Dame Cathedral has been reduced to ashes. It's a loss both literal and...

April 15, 2019

Tiger Woods’ Comeback And The Complications Of Public Redemption

Guest Post: Rev. Shane Isner I remember how angry folk were at Tiger when it...

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...