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March 2021

March 04, 2021

A Simple Proposal

Photo by RODNAE Productions on Pexels.com A Simple Proposal In the wake of the sexual...

February 2021

February 25, 2021

The Bible in the News

Photo by Luis Quintero on Pexels.com Recently, a progressive church in Nashville, Grace Pointe Church,...

February 18, 2021

Somewhere Between Hope and Optimism

Photo by Aaron Burden on Pexels.com I really enjoy being around people who are sunny...

February 09, 2021

The SBC and Sexual Abuse: Two Years Later

Photo by Anete Lusina on Pexels.com Two years ago, the Houston Chronicle published a shocking...

February 04, 2021

Wallace and Son’s

The Wallace Clan at the 50th Anniversary of Wallace and Son's A big change is...

December 2020

December 09, 2020

The End of the Enlightenment

Photo by Mike Chai on Pexels.co Have you ever wondered what is going on in...

December 02, 2020

Do Miracles Happen

Photo by Aleksandr Burzinskij on Pexels.com Do miracles happen? Are they a fiction of a...

November 2020

November 18, 2020

Spaghetti Night, Toddlers, and My Mom

Grandmama and Mom Abbie and spaghetti night shenanigans Recently, Molly, the girls, and I were...

November 10, 2020

Veterans Day and the Prince of Peace

Photo by Alex Andrews on Pexels.com On the 11thday of the 11thmonth on the 11thhour,...

November 03, 2020

Election Day

Photo by Element5 Digital on Pexels.com Today is election day, and it has dawned on...

October 2020

October 28, 2020

9.5 Thesis

Photo by Flickr on Pexels.com One of my favorite memories of my honeymoon is our...

October 20, 2020

What Is God Like?

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com What is God like? Humans have a remarkable way of...

October 13, 2020

Getting Your Church “Unstuck”

We live in a culture that is toxic to leadership, so argued the social thinker...

October 05, 2020

Sliding Into Darkness

Photo by Luis Dalvan on Pexels.com How do you know when the light has gone...

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...