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March 2013

March 15, 2013

St. Patrick’s Adventurous Prayer

On this St. Patrick’s season, embrace God’s circle of care and inspiration. You are always...

March 15, 2013

Naturally Supernatural? A Progressive Vision

Baptist preacher and author Chad Norris and I both recognize, despite very different theological starting...

March 11, 2013

The God We Find in Darkness: The Good News of Partial Sovereignty

God feels our pain, from the inside as a companion not the outside as a...

March 11, 2013

Action and Contemplation During Lent

Lent is a journey and even a reflective and deliberate thinker like me can take...

March 10, 2013

The Adventurous Lectionary – Fifth Sunday in Lent

What is the “next great thing” that God is injecting into the realm of possibility?...

March 07, 2013

The Practices of Lent

Lent involves becoming aware of the detritus – whether we call it sin, imperfection, ambiguity,...

March 04, 2013

The Adventurous Lectionary – Fourth Sunday in Lent

Joshua 5:9-12; Psalm 32; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 When I reflected this week on Jesus’ parable...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Cultivating a Holy Imagination: A Review of “C.S. Lewis, A Life”

Contrary to public opinion both among critics and many Christians, Christian faith is intended to...

February 26, 2013

The Adventurous Lectionary: The Third Sunday of Lent

God is graceful, but should we watch our step around God? Can grace and fury...

February 19, 2013

The Questions of Lent: Mindfulness, Repentance, and Transformation

One of my spiritual teachers, Gerald May, describes the spiritual journey in terms of taking...

February 18, 2013

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Second Sunday in Lent

Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 13:31-35 The Quakers have a saying “a way will be...

February 15, 2013

Saving the World One Person at a Time: A Review of Refuse To Do Nothing

Moore and Yim did the remarkable: they heard about slavery and sex trafficking and chose...

February 13, 2013

The Adventurous Lectionary – The First Sunday in Lent

What are our temptations? What will keep us from following God’s vision for our lives?...

February 12, 2013

Practicing a Progressive Lent: Simplicity and Celebration

I don’t go in very much for penitence. I don’t focus much on sin; its...

February 11, 2013

The Adventurous Lectionary – Ash Wednesday

Can we remember Ash Wednesday without guilt? Can Lent be an embodied, rather than ascetic...

February 04, 2013

The Adventurous Lectionary – Transfiguration Sunday

Lectionary Reflections for Transfiguration Sunday – February 10, 2013 Exodus 34:29-35; Psalm 99; 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2; Luke 4:...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Love and Salt and the Adventure of Spiritual Friendships

One of my favorite films is 84 Charing Cross Road, the story of the twenty...

January 31, 2013

Finding Your Restorative Niche: A Review of Susan Cain’s “Quiet”

I found Susan Cain’s Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop...

January 28, 2013

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

“For we see in a mirror dimly.” This should be the motto for every theologian...

January 21, 2013

The Adventurous Lectionary: The Third Sunday after Epiphany

Lectionary Reflections for the Third Sunday after Epiphany -- January 27,2013 Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19; I...

January 16, 2013

The Adventurous Lectionary: Reflections on the Wedding in Cana

In Search of the Miraculous: Reflections on Miracles and the Wedding Feast at Cana Lectionary...

January 15, 2013

Dueling with the Demonic: Pondering Farley’s “Operation Screwtape”

Transforming the demonic is ultimately a work of grace, as Andrew Farley asserts in his...

January 08, 2013

The Adventurous Lectionary: The Baptism of Jesus

Lectionary Reflections on The Baptism of Jesus The First Sunday after the Epiphany, January 13,...

January 07, 2013

Finding Angels in Boulders: Marriage, Imagination and Agnosticism

The story is told of the sculptor Michelangelo. One day, a neighbor observed him rolling...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

The Adventurous Lectionary: Epiphany Sunday

The Adventurous Lectionary: Epiphany Sunday, January 6, 2013 This past Fall I was blessed to...

December 21, 2012

The Adventurous Lectionary: The First Sunday of Christmas

Lectionary Reflections: The First Sunday of Christmas, December 30, 2012 I Samuel 2:18-20, 26; Psalm 148; Colossians 3:12-17; Luke...

December 20, 2012

The Seven Deadly Sins and the Grace of Interdependence

If you ever have to read a book about the seven deadly sins, I urge...

December 18, 2012

The Adventurous Lectionary: Advent 4

Lectionary Reflections for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 23, 2012 Micah 5:2-5a; Psalm 80:1-7; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke...

December 12, 2012

Revelation and the Open Canon: A Process-Relational Perspective on Mormon Theology

For many Christians, it goes without saying that God’s ultimate and final revelation is contained...

December 11, 2012

The Adventurous Lectionary: Advent 3

Lectionary Reflections: The Third Sunday of Advent December 16, 2012 Christmas is coming! Joy...

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