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March 2013

March 20, 2013

Ugliness Into Beauty #5: Uncursing the World

Many Christians today misunderstand the ancient Israelite practice of sacrifice. The ancient Israelites did not...

March 11, 2013

Ugliness Into Beauty #4: Reconciliation of Enemies

This weekend's sermon talks about how Jesus' cross turns ugliness into beauty by reconciling enemies...

March 04, 2013

Christian hip-hop: “Jesus, save the world from me”

I'm pushing the envelope regarding my Lenten blog fast, but I'm going to cheat and...

March 03, 2013

Ugliness Into Beauty #3: The Witness of Nonviolence #podcast

The third blessing of the cross is its witness of nonviolence which has provided the...

February 2013

February 26, 2013

The Son of Man, a Rave, and a Banjo

This Sunday, I preached on how Jesus' call to take up our crosses is not...

February 26, 2013

Ugliness Into Beauty #2: Truth to Power

For the second sermon in our LifeSign series "Ugliness Into Beauty: Six Blessings of the...

February 17, 2013

Ugliness Into Beauty #1: Solidarity with the Crucified

I've decided to keep my podcast going over Lent (learn how to subscribe here). This...

February 13, 2013

Why I need to give this up for Lent

Technically speaking, I shouldn't be writing this post, but I wanted there to be something...

February 12, 2013

Ugliness Into Beauty: Six Blessings of the Cross

The LifeSign alternative worship service at Burke United Methodist Church is doing a sermon series...

February 11, 2013

Surprised by mercy: my train-wreck conversion story

I was invited to share an occasion when I was surprised by mercy. It was...

February 10, 2013

Relationships: Tools, Idols, and Foes or Family, Body, and Kingdom

This week's sermon concluded our post-Christmas sermon series "Spiritual Not Religious" in which we were...

February 10, 2013

Eternal life: being fully present to God

There's a concept that we talk about in ministry and relationships: being fully present. I...

February 09, 2013

Illegal immigrant hunting permit

Words are inadequate to respond to this image that has been circulating the internet. I'll...

February 09, 2013

Do you read the Bible for ideology or discipleship?

When I was in seminary, one of the things that impressed me about Augustine was...

February 08, 2013

Jesus inside the beltway: Glocalization and relationship-rooted causes

On the last day of our GBCS young clergy leadership forum, we learned the term...

February 07, 2013

Is Jesus saving the world from us?

Is Jesus saving the world from us? It's a different way to talk about salvation,...

February 06, 2013

Moses’ veil or mirrors of glory? 2 Corinthians 3:12-18

I had a very uncanny experience today with the Daily Office. In a blog post...

February 06, 2013

Jesus inside the beltway: love creates the space for truth

Yesterday, the young clergy leadership forum heard from Bill Mefford, the GBCS point person for...

February 05, 2013

Jesus inside the beltway: Two no-brainer gun policies

Continuing to blog through what I'm learning at the General Board of Church and Society...

February 05, 2013

Jesus inside the beltway: “Why are you here?”

I am attending the young clergy leadership forum (#yclf on twitter) with the General Board...

February 04, 2013

Is morality about becoming “fully alive”?

My brother John Meunier recently responded to a blog post from Episcopal priest Martin Elfert...

February 04, 2013

“We saw someone casting out demons in your name.”

Whoever is not against us is for us. Whoever is not for me is against...

February 02, 2013

CampusPride and Chick-Fil-A make peace

It's not often that something I read on Huffington Post gives me "hopey-changey" goose bumps....

February 01, 2013

Holistic sexuality, distorting pieties, and the pursuit of heaven

There's been an outburst this past week from evangelical women bloggers against the idolatry of...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Our Eternal Thirst (Psalm 42)

I'm starting a podcast of my sermon audio so this will be the first entry....

January 31, 2013

Danceable Homiletics #4: Ruach (featuring Amanda Garber)

I made a track on January 4th, 2010 that's kind of playful in a fairyland...

January 30, 2013

“I give God 10%. Why do you get 18?” (with a response from John Wesley)

You know the stereotype about the cheapskate Sunday lunch church crowd who shortchange servers on...

January 30, 2013

Danceable Homiletics #3: The Sting (featuring Greg Boyd)

On June 18, 2007, I made a track that I originally called "Ignore me; I'm...

January 29, 2013

Rice Christians

I have gone on several short-term mission trips. I love going and think they're awesome,...

January 28, 2013

Danceable Homiletics #2: "Don't Stand Up For Jesus" (featuring Jonathan Martin)

All right here's the second one. I just kind of got in the zone tonight....

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