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September 2013

September 12, 2013

The Prophet Jeremiah

The prophet Jeremiah used the image of God as potter as a warning and a...

September 11, 2013

Let God Move Things Forward

Thought for the day: The same people attend the same meetings making the same decisions...

September 10, 2013

Forgiveness

Forgiveness is a vital spiritual practice. Fortunately, I’ve always found it pretty easy to forgive...

September 09, 2013

Another Day at the Mill?

There are many spiritual practices at which I am absolutely rotten. I actually didn’t know...

September 06, 2013

Living as Outsiders

Nobel Prize-winning author Elie Wiesel is a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp. In his...

September 05, 2013

Being Outside

It hurts to be made to feel like you don’t belong. Being an outsider terrified...

September 04, 2013

How Far We Have Come and How Far We Have Yet to Go

We stayed home for Labor Day this year, and I managed to watch two movies...

September 03, 2013

Diana Nyad

How did you spend your Labor Day Weekend? Well, as you probably heard, 64-year-old Diana...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

What the Situation Requires

On Sunday, I attended worship at a United Methodist church in Savannah. It was my...

August 29, 2013

1960’s Georgia

Growing up in South Georgia in the 1960s, my life was immersed in the racism...

August 28, 2013

MLK

Today’s post is longer than usual, but they truly are liberating words from the greatest...

August 27, 2013

John Lewis

Several years ago, journalist David Remnick wrote an article about President Obama and civil rights...

August 26, 2013

Relentless Commitment to Nonviolence and Social Change

On Friday, my partner, Ann and I decided to take the afternoon and go visit...

August 20, 2013

What Do I Need to Change?

This past weekend I was working with a wonderful church in Jacksonville, Florida. In my...

August 19, 2013

Guide My Feet

An uncle once told me that college is the most fun you will ever have...

August 16, 2013

Making a Life

Lesbian novelist Willa Cather said: Where there is great love, there are always miracles. Miracles...

August 15, 2013

Things, Sometimes, Simply Happen

In Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose a monk who has devoted his life...

August 14, 2013

Caught by God

It frustrates me when people talk as if they understand and can explain God when...

August 13, 2013

Rubik’s Cube

I know that even asking this question will date me, but how many of you...

August 05, 2013

Bailey White

I love author Bailey White. She is from South Georgia and is frequent contributor to...

August 02, 2013

Divine Energy

There is a vibration of Divine energy that has been pulsating through this world since...

August 01, 2013

Resonance

Prayer isn’t a child delivering their Christmas wish list to God. Prayer is opening our...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

Caffeine For the Soul

Throughout the summer, I have been preaching a series called “Caffeine for the Soul.” In...

July 30, 2013

Life is about relationships

Sam Rayburn was one of the most powerful men in Washington, D.C. during his tenure...

July 29, 2013

Love vs. Respect

Truth be told, most of us are afraid of close, intimate relationships. George Bernard Shaw...

July 26, 2013

I-Thou

Martin Buber, the eminent Jewish theologian, wrote about two basic kinds of relationships. The first...

July 25, 2013

This Side Up

One afternoon, a Japanese freighter was being unloaded in the Los Angeles harbor. Gigantic cranes...

July 24, 2013

Giving in to Grace

I am reading Brennan Manning’s last book, All is Grace. Manning died this past spring,...

July 23, 2013

Learning to Fly

This past weekend I had the great privilege of spending the night with Pat de...

July 22, 2013

An Adventure of Re-becoming

I had lunch with my dear friend Jim Mitulski on Saturday. I’ve known Jim for...