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January 2022

January 25, 2022

I’ve Been a Grump

I’ve Been a Grump As a good Mennonite, I recognize the need to channel my...

January 23, 2022

Normal is the Problem

I don't like Normal. That's not a surprise. Over the past two weeks I have...

December 2021

December 31, 2021

Can We Please Ignore the “Evangelicals” Beginning in 2022?

Warning. This is a rant. I'm tired of Evangelicals. Perhaps, more specifically, contemporary Evangelicalism. Can...

December 10, 2021

Gaudete Sunday, the Third Week of Advent

You will draw water with joy from the springs of salvation (Isaiah 12.4) There’s an...

November 2021

November 26, 2021

Advent Hope: Going to Church

This is late coming out. Advent is nearly here. Then many folks think about Black...

November 11, 2021

Reverend Doctor Coach: My worlds intersect

Being Reminded of Who You Are I knew I enjoyed coaching. But I had hardly...

October 2021

October 01, 2021

Grief of Unfinished

Everyone lives amid loss. And not one person can put a measure to the weight...

September 2021

September 23, 2021

Milestones

Each generation has ways to mark time. Marking time, like marking distances, recalls and reorients...

September 15, 2021

Truth Matters

Truth matters. We say so. But we lie every day and some lie a lot....

April 2021

April 16, 2021

Image of God

C S Lewis repeats what a woman of his acquaintance told him: that as a...

December 2020

December 02, 2020

Normal Rolls Downward

Between These Heights In, For the Life of the World, Volf and Croasmun describe the...

November 2020

November 16, 2020

Unexpected Jesus in the Parable of the Talents

Jesus is not the person you thought you knew Preaching from the lectionary forces one...

October 2020

October 15, 2020

Normal is Gone, Get Over It

Normal is gone. It seemed to be here, not too long ago. But it isn't...

February 2020

February 12, 2020

I’m Good

“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is...

February 04, 2020

Blessed are the Cheesemakers?

Are just cheesemakers welcome in the kingdom of heaven? Or, "any manufacturers of dairy products"....

January 2020

January 29, 2020

Matthew: Widening God’s Welcome

Preaching through the Gospel of Matthew every few years is an exercise in humility. This...

January 27, 2020

Giving Up on Civility

Civility is lacking in public discourse. I have said this. Others have said this. Are...

January 22, 2020

War Is Not Normal

The United States’ has been at war in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other Persian or Southwest...

January 16, 2020

Bravado, Cowardice, and De-escalation

There’s a strangely escalated form of bravado that is commonplace. Escalation is so obvious, we...

January 04, 2020

Routines are Easy, Routines are Hard

Routines he continued to go to his house...and to get down on his knees three...

January 01, 2020

Gathering Fragments, Nothing is Lost

What did you do over the past ten years? I fight annual celebrations. It always...

December 2019

December 12, 2019

Advent: The Lady of Guadalupe Likes to Stir Things Up

There's a certain family resemblance between Jesus and his Mamma. Mary follows God. She will...

December 11, 2019

Advent: Adentus, Novum, Futurum

Advent is a season of waiting. I have used that definition often. But to a...

December 09, 2019

Stumps: The In-between and the Not-Yet

A familiar motif in theological conversations is the “already but not yet” motif. The coming...

November 2019

November 29, 2019

I Don’t Do Black Friday

Anything that mitigates against relationships becomes something to avoid. As a general rule, I don’t...

November 25, 2019

Preparing to Wait

Preparing to wait....Wait. Isn't that the same as waiting? How does one begin to wait...

November 23, 2019

Reign of Christ & and the Demise of Nationalism

In Article 24 for Quas Primas, a pontifical encyclical, Pope Pius XI set forth the...

November 02, 2019

Strive: With or Against

I think about coaching track and field a lot. But I often have a skewed...

October 2019

October 30, 2019

At Least I Know That I Don’t Know

Have you ever had one of those experiences when you know that you don't know,...

October 21, 2019

The Decline of Christianity Continues

A recent study from the Pew Research Center announces that the trend of decline continues. ...

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