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May 2016

May 27, 2016

On the Importance of Disappointing Your Congregation: Now up at HuffPo

A version of the recent post "On the Importance of Disappointing Your Congregation" is...

April 2016

April 25, 2016

Ten Great Quotes About Doubt & the Christian Experience

I've been thinking about doubt a lot lately, and its central importance in the act...

December 2015

December 18, 2015

Sabermetrics and John the Baptist: A Sermon for Advent

In 1971 a Lawrence man named Bill James was the last person from the state...

November 2015

November 12, 2015

Sneak Peek at the Missional Leadership & Discipleship Course Next Semester at NTS

The mission of God is unmanageable. This is where the conversation about missional leadership begins. When...

December 2014

December 03, 2014

Advent: The Great Decrescendo (Advent 1B – Isaiah 64:1-9)

This was the message on the first Sunday of Advent, 2014 for Redemption Church. If...

September 2014

September 17, 2014

The SHIFT from Illusion to Prayer

When my boys were little guys we would go out to eat every Friday evening....

October 2013

October 03, 2013

Eugene Peterson on What It Means to be a Pastor

I've spent a significant portion of the past year working on a manuscript for Zondervan...

May 2013

May 14, 2013

Eugene Peterson’s “Unbusy” Pastor – Evangelicalism Needs More of These

I've been reading Eugene Peterson's The Contemplative Pastor again. I'm not sure how many times...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

Amazing Quotes & Thoughts From Eugene Peterson’s Memoir

“The life of faith cannot be lived in general or by abstractions. All the great...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

What’s Your Story? My Top 5 Favorite Memoirs & Why do We Love Memoirs So Much?

A memoir is almost always an easy read. I’m typically engrossed from the first word....

October 2012

October 27, 2012

Eugene Peterson: The Difference Between Reading the Bible and Studying the Bible

Peterson is a genius. In this short clip he leans on the difference between reading...