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March 2019

March 27, 2019

The Science of Fine-Tuning the Soul: Henri Nouwen’s 26 Dials on the Human Heart

One of the popular academic conversations (spilling out into the wider culture of the...

August 2017

August 30, 2017

America’s Wisdom Problem

Dietrich Bonhoeffer warned about societies that lose access to wisdom.

April 2015

April 17, 2015

3 Myths About Calling: Why RELEVANT’s Take Falls Short

Let me start by confessing a pet peeve: I believe that the combined Jewish and...

September 2014

September 29, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional: Buechner, Rohr, Volf, and Faithful Remembering

“One way or another, we are always remembering… there is no escaping it even if...

June 2014

June 18, 2014

Matthew 28: Go and Make Disciples

This is my sermon from last week at Redemption Church. If you are a pastor...

November 2013

November 21, 2013

St. Francis of Assisi and the True Self

At Redemption Church where I pastor, we are in the midst of a preaching series...

November 07, 2013

Why Are We So Easily Offended?

The Supreme Court is hearing a case in which two Jewish women sued their small...

October 2013

October 13, 2013

Have You Outgrown Modern Worship Music?

I read a great post this morning from my friend Jovan Brown on his blog...

October 10, 2013

Richard Rohr Download: A Few Thoughts and Quotes

Tuesday and Wednesday of this week I got the chance to spend a few hours...

March 2013

March 05, 2013

Forgiveness: Maybe We Should Let Women Run the World For Awhile

I sometimes think that if women ran the world, it would be a very different...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Lenten Question of the Week: What Distractions/Addictions are Keeping You From God?

Lenten Question of the Week: What distractions or addictions are keeping you apart from God, love,...

February 10, 2013

The Gospel Cannot Happen In Your Head Alone

This came from Richard Rohr, The Good News According to Luke: Spiritual Reflections, p. 138. I love...

December 2012

December 30, 2012

Incarnation: The Scandal of Particularity

As an evangelical Christian I am a part of a people who have emphasized the...

December 12, 2012

Why Do We Become So Easily Offended?

Do you find yourself feeling offended often? I encounter this reality every single day. Many...

December 04, 2012

Everyone I Know is in Pain: This Means You…

One of the occupational hazards of ministry is the increased exposure to other people’s pain. Not...

October 2012

October 07, 2012

Contemplative Prayer: The Path to Wisdom

I've been contemplating this simple quote from Richard Rohr: "I think some experience of God...

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 16, 2012

Embracing the Power of Contemplation

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

July 2012

July 10, 2012

When the Wild Beasts Show Up

Richard Rohr once wrote, "In silence all of our usual patterns assault us... that is...