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July 2013

July 19, 2013

It is Dangerous and Costly to be a Neighbor

My UCC colleague Christine Smith, who teaches at United Seminary, tells the story of a...

July 18, 2013

The Hardest Eight Words

The curious lad lingered around the blacksmith shop watching the old smith work. The boy...

July 17, 2013

What’s yours is yours, but I’ll accept it.

The Gospel lesson on Sunday was one of the most familiar stories in literature. Even...

July 16, 2013

Honesty Doesn’t Pay

The old woman stood in the longest line at the grocery store. She had nothing...

July 15, 2013

Trayvon

On Saturday evening, a jury informed us that they believed George Zimmerman was not guilty...

July 12, 2013

The day the Marriage Equality movement died

Okay, I’ve kept my mouth shut long enough. I know that some of you must...

July 11, 2013

Remembering “double coupon days”

We went to the grocery store last Saturday night and spent more than $200. Now,...

July 10, 2013

Skinny Sleeper Latte

I recently heard someone order a “Skinny Sleeper Latte” in a coffee shop. The description...

July 09, 2013

Bad things are opportunities for God’s grace

Failure may be as beneficial as success if we grow from the experience. Growth from...

July 08, 2013

“When you fail, dust yourself off and move on.”

Yesterday’s assigned Gospel reading was the story of Jesus sending out the 70. Before they...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Deviled Ham

Like the demon-possessed man in the Gospel lesson this past Sunday whose problems were Legion,...

June 25, 2013

Congruent Christianity

Congruent Christianity is a pattern of living that seeks to consistently express the core values...

June 19, 2013

Courage

Last Sunday I talked about courage and our need for a large dose of it...

June 18, 2013

Margins

Margins aren’t just for papers. In fact, I’m increasingly convinced that margins, or rather the...

June 12, 2013

WWJD

The Bible calls early Christians “people of the Way.” I’ve always loved that because it...

June 11, 2013

Smartest Person in the Room

Someone recently said to me about a colleague: “He always thinks that he is the...

June 10, 2013

Word Pictures

Recently, as the guest preacher at Virginia-Highland Church, I used a video in the sermon...

June 07, 2013

What to Wear

I have been in local church ministry since 1985, and I have had privilege of...

June 05, 2013

Mission Budgets

"...and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice...." -Micah 6:8 I...

June 03, 2013

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed

As social classes lack clear boundaries and overlap there are no definite income thresholds as...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

I BELIEVE IN THE INSURRECTION

I believe in the insurrection. Resurrection comes after insurrection, not before. Resurrection is that lift...

May 29, 2013

You Shall Be My Witness

Monday night, Bill and I got to have dinner with an old friend I haven’t...

May 23, 2013

Season of Disaster

This week we bore witness to yet another tragic natural disaster. Tornadoes ripped through the...

May 22, 2013

Grace is a verb

We made it through Easter and now Pentecost. Jesus is raised; the Church is born...

May 20, 2013

Lullaby of Unconditional Love

During a recent sermon, I read one of my favorite stories to the congregation. It...

May 17, 2013

He is praying for us

Last Sunday, we read from the Gospel of John. The text is a bit convoluted,...

May 14, 2013

When is a Death Not a Death

The Dalai Lama says that, while he knows nothing about death, not having died, that...

May 13, 2013

Wise vs. Smart

I have a friend who is amazingly wise. He is probably reading this, but he...

May 10, 2013

Mother’s Day

This Sunday is, of course, Mother’s Day. (You didn’t forget, did you?) It is a...

May 09, 2013

The Third Way

When a crisis or conflict comes our insecurity too often causes us to see our...