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April 2017

April 25, 2017

Leaving Church: Before You Go…

So last week I started a short series responding to a great article in the...

April 18, 2017

Leaving Church: Bowling Alone

I'd like to start a short series over the next few weeks responding to a great...

April 15, 2017

Holy Saturday

I don’t know if you’ve seen the old Reality T.V. show Best Funeral Ever, if...

April 11, 2017

Shame on You: Trending Downward

"Honor is the good opinion of good people." -Seneca a Roman 1st Century Poet A couple of years ago, Ira...

April 04, 2017

Shame On You: A Community of the Shamed

A little over a year ago, Monica Lewinsky took to a public stage once more....

March 2017

March 28, 2017

Shame On You: Family Ties

If the Bible were ever made into a movie, there are certain parts of it...

March 21, 2017

Shame on You: The Road to Hell

In 2013, two guys were at a tech conference, they worked together and they were...

March 14, 2017

Shame On You: Witch Hunts

I'd like to start a blog series today that will run through the season of Lent...

March 07, 2017

The Gospel According to Stranger Things: The Call to Worship

Since I started this series on Netflix binge-worthy series "Stranger Things" I've had several friends...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

Ash Wednesday: The Church As a Midwife

“I went back to church thinking it would be like an epidural, taking the pain...

February 21, 2017

The Gospel According to Stranger Things: The Cost of Progress

[When] we live in a universe where we are in charge, all we see on...

February 14, 2017

The Dark Side of Valentine’s Day: Single Awareness Day

“Everywhere I looked people were standing in two’s. It was like Noah’s west-side, rent-controlled Ark.”...

February 07, 2017

Serving and Loving Refugees On a Local Level

So Friday before last, President Trump signed the new and controversial Executive Order reducing the amount of...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

The Gospel According to Stranger Things: The Flea & The Acrobat

So before the election I was in a series called The Gospel According to Stranger...

January 24, 2017

Forgotten Country: The Other “Other”

Maybe you saw last year, a few days after the results of the Presidential election shocked much of...

January 16, 2017

On Being White: The Myth of White Superiority Part 3

I think it’s interesting that the Bible never hints at what race Adam and Eve...

January 10, 2017

On Being White: The Myth of White Superiority Part 2

"“The highest goal of human beings [is] not the preservation of any given state or...

January 03, 2017

May I Recommend 2016

One of the things that I love about my job is that my Church gives me...

December 2016

December 20, 2016

Gloria in Profundis by G.K. Chesterton

Gloria in Profundis by G.K. CHESTERTON There has fallen on earth for a token A...

December 15, 2016

Forgotten Country: It’s About Honor

Hillbillies respect the dead. That's one of the first things you should know about us,...

December 13, 2016

On Being White: The Myth of White Superiority Part 1

“The Caucasian differs from all other races: he is humane; he is civilized and progressive…....

December 08, 2016

On Being White: It’s a Privilege

Last year, I went on a Bus Ride with 10 black preachers and 10 white...

December 06, 2016

Forgotten Country: Voting for Trump

I didn’t vote for Donald Trump. I feel like I need to say that from...

December 01, 2016

On Being White: Learning To Listen

I learned a lot about being white from my black friends. After all, this is...

November 2016

November 29, 2016

Red and Blue America: Divided We Fall

I want to take a break for a while from the Gospel According to Stranger...

November 22, 2016

How To Get Along With Your Relatives at Thanksgiving

For those of us who believe that politics are not ultimate have to insist, well,...

November 17, 2016

The Gospel According to Stranger Things: Set in the 80’s

So I’m doing a series about the wonderful new show on Netflix that for a...

November 15, 2016

The Church, Politics, and A Christian Response to Islam

Last week I wrote a bit about how one part of our vision at Highland (the...

November 10, 2016

Making Peace In the Muslim Majority World

A few months ago, I wrote a short series talking about what we’re doing at...

November 08, 2016

An Election Week Prayer

Henry Kissinger used to walk into the Oval Office and begin the meeting of the...