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March 2020

March 31, 2020

The Battle For Eucharist

There was a scandal in early Methodism about Eucharist at some point. I don't have...

December 2017

December 14, 2017

Grace, Truth, and Eucharist in an Age of Disposable People

I was originally going to write something about Roy Moore and the 81% of white...

October 2017

October 19, 2017

Why you need to read Henri Nouwen

Every other summer, my family goes to visit my wife's cousin on his ranch in...

October 25, 2016

Election Day Communion

I've found myself at a loss for words lately. I'm so fatigued by this presidential...

October 17, 2016

Christian spirituality for a non-Christian audience

I've been offered an amazing opportunity by the Tulane Hillel rabbi Yonah Schiller to talk...

September 2016

September 18, 2016

My seven salvations so far

There is nothing more anxiety-inducing about growing up Southern Baptist than the obsession with having...

August 2016

August 23, 2016

The orthodoxy of the blues

The seventh chapter of my book How Jesus Saves the World From Us is about...

July 2016

July 01, 2016

Is there a Christianity that isn’t toxic?

Have American Christians become what Jesus came to stop us from being? It’s not an...

May 2016

May 31, 2016

Two different ways to define orthodoxy

What does it mean to be orthodox? It depends on which definition of the Greek...

April 2016

April 22, 2016

Responses to a thoughtful book critic

Edwin Tait is one of my most thoughtful internet conversation partners. We disagree on some...

April 15, 2016

The 12 scriptures that inspired my book

When I was a Southern Baptist, we used to believe that Methodists didn't read the...

January 2016

January 11, 2016

Can American Christianity be detoxified? (A summary of my first book)

Have we become what Jesus came to stop us from being? Many evangelical Christians in...

January 27, 2014

Church, I think we’re gonna be okay

The past several years of my life have been building up to a three and...

January 26, 2014

I am the bread of life (#sermon #podcast)

Last Sunday morning, I preached on Jesus' statement "I am the bread of life." I...

July 2013

July 23, 2013

Eucharist is how Jesus makes love to His church

Hear me out; I'm not trying to be offensive. Several weeks ago, I listened to...

July 17, 2013

Is communion intellectual property?

I learned a hard lesson today. Some of you saw my post where I had...

July 07, 2013

Eternal life is living in God’s welcome

This week's Journey to Eternity sermon is about welcome. The word welcome is one way...

June 2013

June 16, 2013

Sarah Moon and unmerciful #universalism

A week ago, ex-evangelical blogger Sarah Moon wrote a post titled: "When my abuser is...

April 2013

April 05, 2013

James KA Smith summarizes the battle of the 21st century

I've just started reading James KA Smith's new book Imagining the Kingdom. Smith's basic argument...

February 2013

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,...

November 2012

November 26, 2012

Seven chapters, new title for Mercy Not Sacrifice

I have reduced my book to seven chapters and have given it a new title:...

October 2012

October 14, 2012

Communion or correctness? The underlying question.

Is God's goal for humanity communion or correctness? The way you answer that question will...

September 2012

September 12, 2012

Communion: when we "become" the Bible

This morning we kicked off our 8:30 am Wednesday morning prayer service for the fall....

June 2012

June 24, 2012

Why can’t communion be our altar call?

I wonder how many Biblical literalists take John 6:53 literally. In it, Jesus says, "Unless...

June 23, 2012

What are you saying when you don’t take communion?

I was at a friend's wedding recently at a United Methodist church. When communion was...

November 2011

November 09, 2011

Crossing my arms at the Chris Tomlin show

About two-thirds of the way through Chris Tomlin's Fairfax, VA show last Friday, he joked...

May 2011

May 16, 2011

Gluttony: Consumption vs. Communion

Deadly Sin Sermon Series, 3 out of 7 -- 10/30/2010 Text: Luke 16:19-31 How many...