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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 23, 2017

Jesus had a Platform

While I was lying around all week not thinking about anything of substance, an interesting...

April 21, 2017

7 Thrilling Takes

I don't really deserve Quick Takes after a lame-o week of blogging, but I'm going...

April 16, 2017

The Raising of Jonah

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

April 13, 2017

He Can Even

One service down, five to go. Tonight is feet washing, communion, and stripping the altar....

April 09, 2017

Jesus had to Eat with Sinners

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

April 02, 2017

The Death of the Levite’s Concubine

Touched a nerve yesterday, I think, with my brief rant about the moralizing nature of...

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 20, 2017

Devotional Podcast and Links

Running late. Lots to do. So here's a short ranting podcast about Jesus Calling and...

March 19, 2017

Temptation Doesn’t Worry Me…enough

I happened to indulge in a snatch of Amy Carmichael this week, reading a few...

March 12, 2017

Ichabod, Snow, and Daylight Savings

What's that line about time rolling on like an ever flowing stream bearing all our...

March 05, 2017

Dehumanization for All! Or You can Look at the Cross

As is my wont, I have carried on thinking about the goodness of this article...

March 03, 2017

7 Toothsome Takes

Its Friday! And that means Takes. One It appears that if you want to buy...

February 2017

February 21, 2017

10 Reasons to Love Lent

You do realize, don't you, that lent is just around the corner? Do you think...

February 20, 2017

Seriously, Read the Bible: Part Two

With two head colds in the mix, and the fact that sometime this week you...

February 19, 2017

When Someone Is Wrong On The Internet

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than...

February 16, 2017

Seriously, Read the Bible

Last night I was interviewed by a columnist for our local news paper. I'm not...

February 12, 2017

Why Couldn’t the People of Israel have been Obedient Like Me

Am limping through my briskly paced read-the-bible-in-a-year-and-the-Psalms-twice plan. Have nearly made it out of January...

February 05, 2017

Frailty and Fog

I have a bunch of jumbled confessions to make, being that it's Sunday and that's...

January 2017

January 27, 2017

7 Suffering Takes

It's Friday, and that means Takes One If you're looking for a good workout, Kelly...

January 22, 2017

If You’re Having Trouble Fathoming the Next Four Years

All weekend long I've been hearing people shouting in total exasperation, and have perhaps even...

January 17, 2017

The Offense of Gendered Pronouns for God, a Listicle

Katherine Timpf, who, by the way, has awesome hair and awesome glasses, reported, with duly...

January 13, 2017

7 Frenzied Takes

One One of my favorite ways to read the Bible is to wake up way...

January 08, 2017

Death that Gives Life

Today is fake Epiphany which puts me in mind that one day or other the...

January 06, 2017

For the Feast of the Epiphany, Beauty

There's a brilliant article making the rounds imploring women's ministries to stop telling women that...

January 02, 2017

New Year Podcast and Links

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We did up a little podcast this morning. We just ramble on...

January 01, 2017

Looking Forward to Failure in 2017

I spent whole moments on twitter yesterday looking at people's New Year resolutions. More love,...

December 2016

December 24, 2016

Take Joy

I have a friend for whom Christmas this year is more than usually a moment...

December 18, 2016

Mary and Jesus and Me

I am feeling some sort of obligation to write something about Mary today. It's nearly...