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February 2024

February 05, 2024

Can A Political Party Stand Between You And Jesus?

It's February, the hardest month of the year if you homeschool or live in a...

April 2022

April 15, 2022

It Was the Will of God to Crush Him

Earlier this week I came across an article in the Atlantic that I like so...

April 14, 2022

Thursday in Holy Week

As I am rushing into the day again, after a bit of a failed Tennebrae...

December 2021

December 02, 2021

The Windswept Plains of the Heart

My review of Wholehearted Faith and What Is God Like? went up yesterday (somehow I...

February 2021

February 24, 2021

A Matter of Love and therefore Division

There's a lot out there this morning--trying to choose between an embarrassment of riches. I've...

September 2020

September 18, 2020

7 Takes on a Friday: Books, the Enneagram, and a Wombat

Well, it’s Friday, and I’ve already totally ruined my day by waking up at four...

April 2020

April 26, 2020

L’enfer C’est Le Livestream

We had a fun thought experiment at lunch this week, brought about by one of...

April 09, 2020

If You’re Not Coping…

Not everything is bad this morning. There’s a cease-fire in Yemen, though not because anyone...

March 2020

March 08, 2020

International Women’s Day and Daylight Savings Time Mashup

Is it already day? That's too bad. I have two treats this morning. First is...

November 2019

November 28, 2019

How To Be a Good Person

I'm over at Stand Firm today, as I'm going to try to be a couple...

August 2019

August 11, 2019

Lamentation upon the Occasion of Another Christian Apostatizing

Last night, as I was trying to stagger my way up to bed, I was...

November 2018

November 25, 2018

Washing Your Face Won’t Make You Live Forever

I happened by Psalm 24 the other day, not long after reading that long, interesting...

June 2018

June 10, 2018

Tethered To Life

Like the wide world, I was horrified and sad to read that Anthony Bourdain, mere...

January 2018

January 21, 2018

The Kon Mari Method For Your Church

I finished the Life Changing Magic of Tidying up a bit ago--lots to quibble with,...

October 2017

October 03, 2017

Fear, Panic, Wood Glue, and the Gospel

This came to my attention early this morning, as I was trying to beat my...

August 2017

August 27, 2017

Self Care on Sunday

[Jesus wondering why you say you love that smoothie.] I spent an indulgent hour this...

August 15, 2017

Purple Lipstick and a Cudgel

So many directions in which to turn this morning. The internet is addled with specious...

July 2017

July 17, 2017

Monday on the Friendly Recriminations Podcast and Links

Good Afternoon. I mean, it's still morning, but by the time I post this it...

July 16, 2017

A Sacred Sunday Morning

In unusual fashion, the house is a disaster area and nobody is really ready for...

July 02, 2017

Bread Is Easier

We at Good Shepherd have been going through Hebrews pretty methodically for a while now....

May 2017

May 28, 2017

Obedience and Cataclysm

Seems Facebook and YouTube took down the latest undercover videos of planned parenthood. Read somewhere...

May 22, 2017

‘Story’ Podcast and Links

Good Morning. If that's the sort of morning that suits you. We woke up super...

May 21, 2017

The Water of Bitterness

It wouldn’t be God’s property always to have mercy if we were not always needing...

May 08, 2017

Liturgical Dancing Podcast

The meme of being too tired to think continues apace so it is in that...

April 2017

April 25, 2017

I Doubt It’s About Thomas

This morning I am So Honored and Thrilled to be able to have the Rev....

April 16, 2017

The Raising of Jonah

Mercy is a difficult experience. A lot of time when God is having mercy, it...

April 09, 2017

Jesus had to Eat with Sinners

I embroiled myself in a minor twitter scuffle about that mean post I wrote this...

March 2017

March 29, 2017

A Better Kind of Hero

Well, I survived the blood letting and managed to come home and then do nothing...

March 26, 2017

Let the Plain Word of God Take Place

I'm not much inclined, in all my spare time, to the reading of sermons, being...

March 18, 2017

Notes on Weakness and Failure

There was a brilliant rosy sunrise, which I saw because, you know, the daylight has...