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January 2022

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 11, 2021

Reverend Doctor Coach: My worlds intersect

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

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...

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...

January 2020

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 04, 2020

Routines are Easy, Routines are Hard

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

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...

October 2019

October 21, 2019

The Decline of Christianity Continues

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

October 10, 2019

Do You Care Enough to Tifo? A Theology of Stadiums

Do You Care enough to Tifo? Days before the pitch is covered with teams, it's...

October 04, 2019

Anti-Apocalyptic Dog

“Among the Algonquin nation…creation was brought about by Kukumthena, the Grandmother…accompanied by a dog.” In...

September 2019

September 28, 2019

Are You Missing Hippie Songs? I Am!

I was too young to fully embrace the "summer of love", but I was old...

September 23, 2019

Time to Move to Canada, Yet?

“Alberta is close. British Columbia isn’t bad. But I think Manitoba is too far,” I...

September 12, 2019

Don’t Assume Things Will Get Better

I read the bible. Every morning. Wiping sleepers from my eyes, cradling a mug of...

September 11, 2019

Joyfully Not-Knowing

I think I stumbled into a good start. About five years ago I started coaching...

September 08, 2019

I Am Not Not a Racist, and So Are You, Part 2 – Gator Babies

I got an unexpected education from my friend about gator bait. It was one more...

September 05, 2019

I Am Not Not a Racist, and So Are You, Part 1

It's probably more accurate to say I am a recovering racist. Being anti-racist is what...

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