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March 2014

March 24, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that I went skiing last week with my family and didn't get any...

March 14, 2014

Leprechaun Prank: A Little Friday Funny

St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner, so here's a little Friday Funny. How...

March 12, 2014

A Look at How I Manuscript a Sermon: Lent 1A Matthew 4:1-11 – Temptation in the Wilderness

I'm posting the transcript of my message from last week again here today, but with...

March 10, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that I messed up daylight savings time yesterday. This isn't the first time...

March 07, 2014

Steve Martin Demonstrates an Effective Evangelism Technique: A Little Friday Funny

I have become convinced that the most compelling rationale for the veracity of the...

March 06, 2014

Epiphany 8A – Matthew 6:24-34 “Do Not Worry”

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

March 05, 2014

Ash Wednesday Service Ideas & Why this Day is so Important

“What good is it to live long when we improve so little? A long life...

March 02, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that my mom and dad have now been married for 50 years. I...

March 01, 2014

Frederick Buechner on the day he Signed his first Book Deal

To an achiever (enneagram 3) like myself, a passage like this one calls into question...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

Jeff Gordon Teaches us How to Make an Enemy a Friend: a Little Friday Funny

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus explicitly forbids taking any kind of revenge,...

February 26, 2014

Epiphany 7A – Matthew 5:38-48; “Love Your Enemies”

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

February 25, 2014

On How Small the Christian Peace Movement Is (w/ Gratitude to the Anabaptists)

"It is sometimes discouraging to see how small the Christian peace movement is, and especially...

February 24, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that I have received a newly edited version of Shrink. We're at the point in...

February 21, 2014

Robin Thicke Has a Big… Problem & So Does Pop Music: A Little Friday Funny

So my kids are into pop music, which means that we've been listening to a...

February 19, 2014

Epiphany 6A – Matthew 5:21-37; “You’ve heard it said… but I say”

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

February 18, 2014

The Necessity of Articulation

“Everything healthy, everything certain, everything holy, if we can find such things, they all need...

February 17, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that I'm sitting here watching The Price is Right with my kids... this...

February 14, 2014

Lego Movie Bloopers: A Little Friday Funny

For my money, the best children's films tell two parallel stories: a straight forward story...

February 12, 2014

Epiphany 5A – Matthew 5:13-20; Salt & Light, Law and the Prophets

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

February 11, 2014

On the Importance of Silence

“For language to have meaning, there must be intervals of silence somewhere, to divide word...

February 10, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that today is week three of being back on my Sabbath routine. Feeling...

February 07, 2014

SNL and Sochi: A Little Friday Funny

2014 Winter Olympic Games have begun, and the SNL cast found a way to exploit...

February 05, 2014

Donald Miller’s Worship Critique & Subsequent Rant

Donald Miller wrote a post on his blog talking about why he doesn't go to...

February 03, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that I worked most of the day on Saturday this week. It was...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

Great Super Bowl Side Bets & Bad Football Lip-reading: A Little Friday Funny

Our family Super Bowl tradition includes a meager prize for the best total score on...

January 30, 2014

In a Former Life, This Was My Living – Satellite Soul: Always the Same

It's seems like forever ago that that very nearly every waking moment, for me, was...

January 29, 2014

Being Pulled Through the Knothole: David Brooks on Paradox & Presence

There's a phrase used to describe the experience of intense or traumatic life events that...

January 27, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that I have been a terrible Sabbath breaker for the past few months....

January 21, 2014

Shrink Cover Art

The Manuscript for Shrink was officially accepted by Zondervan last week. The final painful edits...

January 20, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that today is the first day of the Spring Semester at NTS, and...