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January 2015

January 20, 2015

Hidden in Plain Sight: A Conversation with Tony Kriz’s “Aloof”

Life is full of synchronous moments. After our congregation’s Tuesday noon Bible Study, I took...

January 19, 2015

Practicing Compassion with Frank Rogers and Bernard Loomer

This post is part of a discussion on the new book Practicing Compassion, by Frank...

November 2014

November 02, 2014

This Holy Moment: A Response to Sybil MacBeth’s “The Season of the Nativity”

This post is part of the blogger roundtable for the Patheos Book Club on The...

October 2014

October 02, 2014

St. Francis and Saving Christianity – A Dialogue with Historian Jon Sweeney

Jon Sweeney’s When Saint Francis Saved the Church presents a vision of Francis’ message that...

September 2014

September 15, 2014

Theological Reflections on Suicide: A Conversation with Karen Mason’s “Preventing Suicide”

A number of months ago, a bereaved mother asked me, “Where is Susie now?” Her...

September 09, 2014

Refreshing the Pastor’s Soul: In Conversation with Michael Voss’s Reviving the Congregation

Leadership is a spiritual issue, especially in congregational life. As Michael Voss notes in his...

August 2014

August 31, 2014

Letting Go of Limits and Opening to Divine Possibilities: A Dialogue with Sarah Jakes

Every morning as I take my prayer walk along the beaches of Cape Cod, I...

August 20, 2014

Faith and Failure: Reflections on J.R. Briggs new book “Fail”

Book Review: Fail: Finding Hope and Grace in the Midst of Ministry Failure, by J.R. Briggs...

August 01, 2014

Listening for the Still, Small Voice: Reflections on Kristen Vincent’s book “A Bead and a Prayer”

“God was not in the wind…God was not in the earthquake…God was not in the...

July 2014

July 16, 2014

Big Enough Desires? Reflections on Jen Pollock Michel’s “Teach Us to Want”

Jen Pollock Michel’s Teach Us to Want: Longing, Ambition, and the Life of Faith is...

July 08, 2014

On Families and Faith: A Response to Mary Eberstadt’s “How the West Really Lost God”

Our congregations should make families key to our ministries, but we should support the health...

July 02, 2014

Saints Everywhere: On Brandon Vogt’s “Saints and Social Justice”

Although I am a progressive Protestant and by inclination feel some discomfort in setting apart...

June 2014

June 20, 2014

Relativity and Revelation: Responding to Samaa Habib’s “Face to Face with Jesus”

Samaa Habib’s Face to Face with Jesus: A Former Muslim’s Journey to Heaven and Encounter...

June 02, 2014

What’s a Church to Do? A Response to Naomi Shaefer Riley’s “Got Religion?”

As the pastor of a mid-sized congregation, South Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, on...

June 02, 2014

Slow Church and the Transformation of Time

A Response to Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus, by Christopher Smith...

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