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September 2012

September 05, 2012

A Few Thoughts on Day 01 of the DNC 2012

If you missed night 01 of the DNC2012 – here’s the one paragraph summary: “Democrats...

September 04, 2012

Transcript for Michelle Obama’s Speech – DNC 2012

Over the past few years as First Lady, I have had the extraordinary privilege of...

September 04, 2012

Tuesdays with Walter Part 01 – Leading A Church that is More American than Christian

We have a strange habit on the staff of Redemption Church where I pastor. Instead...

September 03, 2012

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that I’m having sock trouble. Today I ran out of regular socks and...

September 01, 2012

Great Parenting / Fatherhood / Marriage blog for Men

Great sites for men to talk about being a husband and father are kind of...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

Are We Entering A New Era of Politics In Which Facts No Longer Matter?

There's an interesting article by Michael Cooper in the NYTimes today about the way the...

August 31, 2012

Final Thoughts on the GOP Convention – “You don’t really love that guy, do you baby?”

Back when I was in college my girlfriend (now my wife), and I broke up...

August 30, 2012

Mitt Romney’s 2012 RNC Speech Transcript

Mr. Chairman, delegates. I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America....

August 30, 2012

A Few Thoughts on Day 2 of the GOP Convention – Paul Ryan Made a Huge Tactical Error

Paul Ryan’s speech was the center of attention last night. He riled up the crowd...

August 29, 2012

I Am Not My Brother’s Keeper – And Other Lessons from Terence Fretheim

So I'm auditing this course at NTS under Terrence Fretheim. He's brilliant, and here's how...

August 29, 2012

GOP Convention: A Few Random Thoughts

A few random thoughts on the GOP Convention last night. I enjoyed listening to Mrs....

August 28, 2012

10 Guidelines for How to Read the Bible

The Bible is essential to the Christian faith. Some read it literally, some don't, and...

August 27, 2012

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that I suffer from the chronic inability to escape my own point of view....

August 26, 2012

Living with Paradox: Learning to be Serious About the Questions

Some Sunday Wisdom from Richard Rohr: I don’t think the important thing is to be...

August 24, 2012

Rick Warren Bails on Religious Forum Citing Political Rancor as the Reason

Four years ago Saddleback held a forum with the two major candidates that was praised...

August 24, 2012

If Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans Ran a Church…

Just a little bit of Friday Funny...

August 23, 2012

Conservative/Liberal Hatred is a Sign of Immaturity

Every week or so I read an article about the historic partisanship of the present...

August 22, 2012

The Poorest Fifth of Americans Out-give the Richest Fifth – Guess which Candidate Bucks the Trend?

Andrew Sullivan had an interesting take at The Dish this week. He notes that a...

August 21, 2012

What’s the common denominator for mass murderers? White, Male, Christian, or Crazy: answer may surprise you.

Elizabeth Drescher’s recent tweet, “Angry, Hateful, Demented white people are really bringing me down #Aurora#ChickFilA...

August 21, 2012

A Sociological Look at the MegaChurch

The megachurch is a topic that fascinates me as a church leader. I've been involved...

August 20, 2012

The End of the Middle: How the Death of Compromise Crippled our Government

KC Star this weekend ran a story called “The End of the Middle: How the...

August 20, 2012

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that while having dinner with friends this weekend we started laughing about people...

August 18, 2012

Saturday Morning Fun: Best political quiz ever at “I Side With” / take 5 min. to learn which candidates agree with you

Every election season there is some sort of quiz flying around to help you decide...

August 17, 2012

Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math

There is a pretty stunning article by Bill McKibbin in the current Rolling Stone that...

August 16, 2012

What Happens when the “Daily Quiet Time” Simply Stops Working?

In 2001-2002, after years of ministry & the pursuit of God the Quiet Time model...

August 15, 2012

Had a Conversation about Public Jesus on Doug Pagitt Radio Today – here are the clips:

Thanks to Doug for having me on the show to talk about Public Jesus &...

August 14, 2012

Romney / Ryan: Why this VP pick was a mistake

We had a good discussion about Paul Ryan’s budget earlier this year at Paperback Theology,...

August 13, 2012

Is Competition Really the Best Way to Achieve Excellence?

If you are like me you spent a fair amount of the past two weeks...

August 13, 2012

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that I’m sad that the conservatives voted out nearly all of the moderate...

August 09, 2012

Challenge Accepted: If You Want to Know God, You Better Find Somebody to Love

Thanks for the challenge, Tony. This was a great exercise. Strangely, when I sat down...