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May 2016

May 18, 2016

Does the Pursuing God Ever Stop Pursuing?

Like any loving parent or grandparent, God will not quit pursuing us – or loving...

May 13, 2016

Balancing Self Interest and World Loyalty: On Dee Dee Risher’s ‘Soulmaking Room’

This post is part of a conversation on the new book The Soul-Making Room by Dee...

April 2016

April 06, 2016

Life is Messy: Reflections on Daniel Fusco’s ‘Honestly’

This post is part of a conversation on the new book Honestly: Getting Real About...

March 2016

March 16, 2016

Power Made Perfect in Companionship: On The Power of the Cross

[The post is part of a conversation on the new book The Power of the...

March 11, 2016

Let the Children Come to Me: On “Dear Pope Francis: The Pope Answers Questions from Children Around the World”

(This post is part of the Patheos Book Club on Dear Pope Francis: The Pope...

December 2015

December 14, 2015

Grace Sufficient for Every Need: On ‘The Vulnerable Pastor’

Book Review: The Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry By Mandy Smith As...

October 2015

October 09, 2015

When Jesus Shows Up: A Response to James Stuart Bell’s ‘Encountering Jesus’

God is present everywhere, inspiring everyone, all the time, and every so often we notice...

September 2015

September 16, 2015

Finding Spirituality in Suffering: Heather King’s “Stripped”

Stripped, Heather King’s new memoir on faith in the midst of a cancer diagnosis, brought...

September 15, 2015

Wherever There is Truth, God is its Source: On ‘The Gospel of Happiness’

Book Reflection: The Gospel of Happiness by Christopher Kaczor Can science and faith work together...

August 2015

August 14, 2015

Within The Trauma, A Blessing: Reba Riley’s “Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome”

Biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann describes three interconnected moods in the Psalms – psalms of orientation,...

June 2015

June 15, 2015

The Heroine’s Journey: On Jody Gentian Bower’s “Jane Eyre’s Sisters”

On my study desk sits a paperweight that announces “solvitur ambulando,” or “it will be...

April 2015

April 06, 2015

The Healing Power of Doubt: Responding to ‘Runaway Radical’

Amy and Jonathan Holligsworth’s Runaway Radical is a disturbing text. I was angry as I read...

September 2014

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 22, 2014

The Adventurous Lectionary – August 24, 2014

The Adventurous Lectionary – August 24, 2014- Eleventh Sunday after the Pentecost Exodus 1:8-2:10 Psalm...

August 05, 2014

The Adventurous Lectionary – August 10, 2014

Lectionary Reflections for August 10, 2014 Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 Psalm 105:1-6, 16-22, 45b Romans 10:5-15...

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 21, 2014

The Adventurous Lectionary for July 27, 2014 – Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Does God give us what we want? Does God speak personally to us, inviting us...

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 30, 2014

The Adventurous Lectionary – July 6, 2014 – Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Lectionary Reflections for July 6, 2014 Romans 7:15-25a Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 “Come to me all...

June 25, 2014

The Adventurous Lectionary: June 29, 2014

Lectionary Reflecions for the Third Sunday after Pentecost June 29, 2014 Genesis 22:1-14 Psalm 13...

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 16, 2014

The Adventurous Lectionary for June 22, 2014

Lectionary Reflections for the Second Sunday After Pentecost – June 22, 2014 Genesis 21:8-21 Psalm...

June 10, 2014

The Adventurous Lectionary – Trinity Sunday – June 15, 2014

Lectionary Reflections for Trinity Sunday June 15, 2014 Genesis 1:1-2:4a Psalm 8 2 Corinthians 13:11-13...

June 03, 2014

The Adventurous Lectionary: Pentecost Sunday, June 8, 2014

Lectionary Reflections on Pentecost Sunday June 8, 2014 John 20:19-23 Acts 2:1-12 The back to...

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...

May 2014

May 27, 2014

The Adventurous Lectionary — June 1, 2014

Lectionary Reflections for June 1, 2014 Acts 1:6-14 I Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 John 17:1-11 Today’s...

May 20, 2014

The Adventurous Lectionary: May 25, 2014

Lectionary Reflections for May 25, 2014 Acts 17:22-31 Psalm 66:18-20 Today’s scriptures invite us to...

May 15, 2014

Guided by a Gentle Providence: A Response to Vinh Chung’s Where the Wind Leads

As I read Vinh Chung’s memoir, Where the Wind Leads, I was reminded of the...

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