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October 2012

October 01, 2012

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that just after college, I once donated plasma so that I could by...

September 2012

September 30, 2012

Contemplation is a Threat to the Secular Worldview, and to Most Assumptions About Prayer

Here's a little Richard Rohr for your Sunday Morning: “Contemplation,” or meditation as it is...

September 28, 2012

Friday Funny: The Lutheran Satire take on Jesus’s Wife

For your Friday Enjoyment...

September 27, 2012

Let Me Tell You What Is At Stake In This Election (okay, not me, but A. Barton Hinkle) The Wrong Side Must Not Win

I found this article via my friend Ginny (shout out to Ginny who reads this...

September 26, 2012

Why “See You At The Pole” Makes Me Nervous, and How I Would Change It

Today is the national See You At the Pole prayer event. If you don't know...

September 25, 2012

Tuesdays With Walter Part 04 – Even Missional Leadership Attempts to Co-opt God in Support of Their Model

My series, Tuesdays with Walter, continues today with a reflection on one simple but revolutionary...

September 25, 2012

The Lumineers in Lawrence: “Big Parade”

I went and saw The Lumineers at Liberty Hall in Lawrence last night. It was...

September 24, 2012

Monday Morning Confessional – Suck it, Nerds.

I confess that I'm ridiculously impacted by other people's opinion of me, and I'm beginning...

September 22, 2012

Les Miserables 2012 Breaks With Years of Tradition in Musical Film-making Method – and it’s a brilliant move

Les Miserables is one of the greatest artistic expressions of grace and redemption ever created....

September 21, 2012

What Is It About Forgiveness That Ticks People Off?

What Is It About Forgiveness That Ticks People Off? In the wake of the insanely...

September 20, 2012

The Cast of the West Wing Unites for a little Campaigning: New Video Makes Me Wish They’d Never Left

It's funny, it's smart, it's political, it's sassy, it's verbose, it's Hollywood, it's self-consumed and it's...

September 20, 2012

Mr. and Mrs. Jesus Christ? Yeah, not so fast…

James Martin wrote a great summary article on the recent study and publication of a...

September 19, 2012

15 Years Ago Today Rich Mullins Died and I’ve Missed Him Ever Since – Here’s Why

Fifteen years ago today my band Satellite Soul had just struggled in off the road...

September 19, 2012

8 in 10 Americans Think There Should Be More Limits On Campaign Contributions: it’s time to get rid of Citizens United

There's an interesting article in the New York Times about public opinion on campaign finance....

September 18, 2012

Tuesdays With Walter Part 03: Leadership Reflections from Walter Brueggemann’s The Prophetic Imagination

Review of Chapter one: Reality: We have been enculturated, all of us – claimed by...

September 17, 2012

I’m Taking the No-Cable Pledge: I will not watch MSNBC, FOX News, or CNN or any other cable news network until after the election.

I have decided to take a pledge. Now, I’m not normally a pledge taker, but...

September 17, 2012

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that a lot of pastors I know take Mondays off, but I have...

September 16, 2012

Embracing the Power of Contemplation

Over the past few years I've found Richard Rohr to be such a helpful guide...

September 14, 2012

Kansas Sec. of State Considering Removing President Obama’s name from the Ballot

I'm a Kansan born and bred. I graduated from a state school (K-State), and even...

September 13, 2012

The Film at the Center of the Middle East Protests Was Produced by American Christians

I just watched the 14 min trailer for the film at the center of the...

September 13, 2012

Do You Get to Use Your Strengths at Work? A New Gallup Study Says a Majority of Americans Don’t

I read an interesting bit of research this morning from the Gallup organization on whether...

September 12, 2012

How I Got Saved at Age Six (and lived to tell about it)

I'm on retreat and was reflecting on my baptism. Here's what I wrote: I was...

September 11, 2012

Tuesdays With Walter Part 02 – How To Become A Prophet In Two Simple Steps

At Redemption Church our staff doesn’t read leadership books, we read about theology and scripture,...

September 10, 2012

Monday Morning Confessional: Why Is There Always Something Wrong With Me?

Since the move to Patheos a lot of new readers have found their way to...

September 08, 2012

Bob Newhart’s Version of Pastoral Care and Counselling

They don't teach this method at Seminary - at least not that I ever encountered....

September 07, 2012

A Few Thoughts On Obama’s Speech to the DNC2012 – The Call for Community Trumps the Primacy of the Individual

You can make anyone in public life sound like the devil if you cherry pick...

September 06, 2012

Barack Obama Speech to the DNC 2012 Transcript

Michelle, I love you. The other night, I think the entire country saw just how...

September 06, 2012

Transcript of Joe Biden’s Speech from the DNC 2012

My fellow Democrats, and my favorite Democrat. Jilly, I want you to know that Beau,...

September 06, 2012

Thoughts on Day 02 of the DNC 2012 – Bill Clinton Delivers the Policy Narrative Obama Has Struggled to Articulate

Bill Clinton should still be a political punch line. After the Monica Lewinsky scandal and...

September 06, 2012

Transcript of Bill Clinton’s Speech to the DNC 2012 – (Actual Transcribed Remarks)

Now, Mr. Mayor, fellow Democrats, we are here to nominate a president... and I’ve got...