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April 2015

April 15, 2015

Walter Brueggemann’s Blurb for my book Shrink: Faithful Ministry in a Church Growth Culture

It was great to finally meet one of my heroes face to face yesterday. Walter...

April 14, 2015

Walter Brueggemann at Faith & Culture Conference 2015 – Lecture 01 Detailed Notes

The Redemption Church staff & friends are in St. Joseph, MO today, listening to Walter...

April 13, 2015

What Role Does Dread Play in Your Life? – Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that I went to a gathering of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies...

April 01, 2015

10 Stunning Facts About Davinci’s Last Supper for Maundy Thursday

Every year on Maundy Thursday our church does a short visio divina around Leonardo DaVinci's...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

The Kingdom of God is Like… A Little Friday Funny

The kingdom of God is like a hum drum mid-inning break at a Houston Astros...

March 26, 2015

Shrink On Sale for $4.99 Now thru April 5th

The most powerful reason the church is in decline in North America is that the...

March 25, 2015

Why was Brownback Booed at KU v. WSU Game?

It was meant to be a typical celebrity sighting by the CBS crew. During a...

March 24, 2015

5 Reasons Your Church Should Be Smaller

This was first published at Crosswalk.com, so please stop by and visit the original post....

March 16, 2015

Scot McKnight on Shrink: Great Is The Enemy Of…

Scot McKnight and I noticed a point of resonance in our two most recent books,...

March 16, 2015

Scot McKnight’s A Fellowship of Differents Can Change Your View of the Church

Scot McKnight and I noticed a point of resonance in our two most recent books,...

March 11, 2015

10 Questions for the Only Pastor I Know Who Doesn’t Have a Cellphone

This article was previously published at Crosswalk.com. You can go here to see the whole interview....

March 05, 2015

Immigration and the Health of a Nation

I was reading some Eugene Peterson this week, and ran upon a section in which...

March 02, 2015

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that I led worship with some excellent musicians yesterday and had such a...

February 2015

February 23, 2015

The Beauty of the Midlife Crisis: Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that I’m in the middle of a midlife crisis, and it’s way better...

February 20, 2015

Lutheran Satire’s Take on Ash Wednesday (A Little Friday Funny)

In order to really get this video, one must appreciate how truly difficult it is to...

February 18, 2015

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...

February 17, 2015

Why Evangelicals Need to Observe Lent

Evangelicals need to observe Lent, in part, because our troubling lack of tradition leaves us untethered...

February 16, 2015

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that I hate that Fifty Shades of Grey did so well at the...

February 02, 2015

Conversations We Should Be Having About War

This is an excerpt of an article that just went up at Onfaith. Conversations We Should...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

Koch Brothers Pledge $900 Million for 2016 Campaign: Will Rival Both Major Parties’ Spending

When I saw the headline in The New York Times, I felt physically ill: "Koch...

January 23, 2015

Pastor Punches Kid, but It’s Cool… “There’s Times That Might Be Needed”: A Little Friday Funny

First, let me say that I don't believe for one minute that this actually happened,...

January 21, 2015

Obama’s 2015 State of the Union: Addressing the Biggest Issue of Our Time, Why it Means Everything and Nothing

Wealth inequality is the biggest issue of our time. Immigration reform is coming one way or another....

January 16, 2015

“@Tim_Suttle Your an idiot”: And Other Favorite Ohio State Buckeye Tweets From the Past Two Days

The intersection of sports and religion is tricky, and writing about it is bound to tick...

January 14, 2015

Was God Urban Meyer’s Inspiration in Running Up The Score?

"Is there a bigger hypocrite in college sports than Urban Meyer?" - Mike Ozanian, Forbes...

January 12, 2015

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that last Thursday morning I had a 7am meeting, so I got up at 5:30...

January 08, 2015

Best Song of 2014: Because I Wanna Get Better

I've been resisting the impulse to join the fray of year's end postings: favorite this,...

January 02, 2015

Bono’s A to Z of 2014: A Must-Read for U2 Fans

Granted, Bono has to have one of the more active egos of our time. He exists...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

Is There Any Hope for Peace in the New Year?

--- “Bad liturgy eventually leads to bad ethics. You begin by singing some sappy, sentimental...

December 22, 2014

7 Tips for Peaceful Family Holiday Get-togethers

I come from a family of six. My mom and dad were high school sweethearts...

December 19, 2014

The Worst Day at Ardent Beats the Best Day Anywhere Else: A Salute to John Fry, Ardent Founder, & Memphis Music Legend

One doesn't typically use words like character, integrity, genuine, honest, and kind to describe executives in...