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September 2020

September 22, 2020

The Good Life

What makes for the good life? While many would think of the Bible as only...

September 14, 2020

To Change The World

This weekend we were astonished to see a video of two police officers who were...

September 08, 2020

Slow Is Fast

When you get down to it, the thing we fear the most—outside death—is change. Congregations...

August 2020

August 31, 2020

Lessons Learned in the Parking Lot

The Coronavirus has been a shock to the system for local congregations. Many congregations have...

August 24, 2020

The Church Post-Corona

What will the Church be like after the Coronavirus and everything returns to "normal"? Well,...

March 2020

March 29, 2020

Is There Hope for the Church?

The great American baseball player and wit, Yogi Berra, once said, “Predicting is hard, especially...

March 22, 2020

Blame

One of Molly’s friends has a magnet on her refrigerator that reads, “I didn’t...

March 15, 2020

Of Corona and Hope

The older I get, the more I like giving gifts. I love the look...

March 11, 2020

God, Guitarists, and Being Nice

It is not exactly a new observation to note the increasing coarseness of our society....

February 2020

February 25, 2020

Why Do We Have Denominations?

The annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is in June and already there...

February 04, 2020

Failure

Failure is an ugly word and it can be a difficult experience. Over 20 years...

January 2020

January 28, 2020

Asking a Church’s Older Members to Leave

The headline made national news, “Struggling Minnesota Church Asks Older Members to Leave.” The...

January 21, 2020

What Do We Mean When We Say “God?”

What do we mean by the word “God?” Every year, eight weeks after Easter,...

January 14, 2020

The Friedman Option

The CBF’s move transition to become a progressive theological organization was fueled by a...

January 08, 2020

Moderate Life, CBF, and Options for the Future

In 1979 the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) began making a sharp theological turn to...

December 2019

December 09, 2019

Letters to God

On a Monday morning several weeks ago I received a letter on my desk. The...

December 02, 2019

Why Worship Matters

The thing most people do not know about ministers is just how ordinary we are....

November 2019

November 11, 2019

Veteran’s Day: A Tribute

It seems to me that there are two kinds of veterans: ones who will...

November 04, 2019

In Our Shoes

Being a dad is a wonderful thing. I enjoy watching my daughters grow up, and...

September 2019

September 11, 2019

9/11

It happened on an ordinary morning. We were going about our normal routines. Children...

August 2019

August 05, 2019

What Is Evil?

In the light of multiple mass shootings over the weekend, it is natural to ask...

July 2019

July 31, 2019

Why I Love the Church

It is fashionable these days to say things like, "I love Jesus, but I don't...

July 02, 2019

Of Facebook and Faith

Do you remember when Facebook was great? Ten years or so ago, I signed up...

June 2019

June 17, 2019

Defeating Your Internal Critic

If you have a voice inside you telling you that you are incapable of success,...

June 12, 2019

Our Greatest Enemy

It happened on a recent run. I was having a difficult day and had a...

June 05, 2019

The Loss of a Child

17-year-old Noa Pothoven of Arnhem, Netherlands chose death after her life became "unbearable." Noa had...

June 04, 2019

Apocalypse Now?

Every religion that I know of has an "end of the world" scenario. For that...

June 03, 2019

Remember the Name: Kendrick Castillo

It seemed to be an ordinary day at school. Kendrick Castillo, an eighteen-year-old high...

May 2019

May 29, 2019

My Six Hundred Pound Life and Change

Have you ever thought that you would like your life to be different? Perhaps you...

May 28, 2019

The Cosmos and Third-Graders

Recently, someone on twitter asked a very interesting question, "What was your first existential...