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April 2014

April 30, 2014

Jehoshua: Signs and Wonders

"People have been looking for Jesus for a long time, but never quite like this.”...

April 30, 2014

Botched Oklahoma Execution: Killing in the Name of the State

It least 4.1% of death row inmates are innocent of the crime for which they...

April 29, 2014

How to Talk to Your Children About God (Rainy Day Repost)

It's pouring down rain in Kansas City, so here's a little rainy day repost from...

April 28, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that I am still preoccupied with questions of time. My ongoing experimental attempts...

April 26, 2014

Daniel Kirk Takes On Michael Bird’s Take On Ehrman’s Take On Jesus

Daniel Kirk is one of my favorite bloggers. He wrote a very critical review of...

April 25, 2014

Stephen Colbert & Pat Robertson Give Dating Advice – How Could You Go Wrong?

The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,The Colbert Report on Facebook,Video Archive For...

April 24, 2014

Easter 1A, John 20:1-18 – Disney’s Frozen & the Resurrection

On Easter Sunday we showed this clip just before the sermon. When the song started,...

April 22, 2014

Happy Earth Day! (Or as we evangelicals like to call it, Tuesday).

Evangelicals are known for our skepticism of science. We're also a tad bit prone toward...

April 21, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that I love Easter Sunday. I love that everybody shows up for church...

April 20, 2014

Wendell Berry on the Practice of Resurrection: The Mad Farm Liberation Front

I do not love poetry, typically, when it is not set to music. Wendell Berry...

April 18, 2014

How Does “Dying for our Sins” Work?

I read a great post from Brian Zahnd this week, it's worth a read. Here's...

April 18, 2014

Good and Bad News for Christmas & Easter Christians: A Little Friday Funny

So I found a neologism as yet unknown to me: Chreastians. It's a mash-up of Christmas,...

April 17, 2014

Ten Facts About Da Vinci’s Last Supper: A Reflection for Maundy Thursday

Every year on Maundy Thursday I wake up thinking about this painting. I've never seen...

April 16, 2014

Lent 6A, Palm Sunday: John 19:12-19 – Powerful / Not-Powerful

Here's a transcript of my sermon from last week (Palm Sunday). If you are a...

April 15, 2014

Walter Brueggemann’s 19 Theses Revisited: A Clarification from Brueggemann Himself

In September 2005, Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann sat with a group of church leaders...

April 14, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that yesterday was one of the more surreal days I've ever experienced at...

April 13, 2014

Palm Sunday, Power, and Stanley Hauerwas

"The movement that Jesus begins is constituted by people who believe that they have all...

April 12, 2014

Frederick Buechner, Richard Curtis, and the Grace of Time

“There is no event so commonplace but that God is present within it, always hiddenly,...

April 11, 2014

Stephen Colbert Taking Over “Late Night” – Will it Work?: A Little Friday Funny

CBS announced that Stephen Colbert will be leaving Comedy Central to replace the outgoing David...

April 10, 2014

Daycare Costs More than College in 31 States.

Data journalist Christopher Ingraham has an interesting piece up at the Washington Post right now. We...

April 09, 2014

The Problem with Capitalism is Us

“It is a mistake, at least if you are a Christian, to have your life...

April 09, 2014

Lent 5A: John 11:1-45 – Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead

This is my sermon from last week. If you are a pastor, feel free to...

April 08, 2014

The Basic Fear that Dominates Your Life Far More Than You Realize

"There has to be a real fear by which one orients his life. What you...

April 07, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that I’m somewhat preoccupied with questions regarding the use of time. I confess...

April 04, 2014

Rev.’s Take on Church Growth – the IED Methodology: A Little Friday Funny

I actually think I might have sat in on this session at one time or...

April 02, 2014

This is the Only Statement I’m Making about the World Vision Debacle: Lent 4A; John 9:1-41 & The Man Born Blind

2014.03.24 – Lent 04 John 9:1-41 – The Man Born Blind There was a story...

April 01, 2014

Best Prank Ever: Sidd Finch & Why April Fools’ Day is Stupid

I have a problem with April Fools' Day... several, actually. First: apostrophe or no apostrophe?...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that I'm on week two of trying to take a Sabbath on Friday....

March 29, 2014

Lent 3A – John 4:5-42: The Samaritan Woman at the Well

This is the sermon I preached last Sunday at my church Redemption Church. If you...

March 28, 2014

Jesus Smoothies: A Little Friday Funny

Every now and then I have one of those days when I struggle to make...