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September 2025

September 20, 2025

Hymnprovisations

I recorded an album of piano music over the summer, and have given it the...

October 2021

October 06, 2021

Exorcism Left and Right

I enjoyed talking about the story of the Gerasene/Gadarene/Gergesene demoniac in my Sunday school class...

May 2021

May 24, 2021

What Jesus Learned from Women: An American Baptist Conversation

Here is the recording of the event: Some of the questions included: 1. In...

July 2020

July 16, 2020

Peter: An Exuberant Goober

We finally wrapped up our study of the Gospel of John in my Sunday school...

April 2020

April 13, 2020

The First Zoom Conversation of St. Paul with the Corinthians

In my Sunday school class and fellowship on Easter morning, which met via Zoom, I...

February 2020

February 20, 2020

Come Compromise at Crooked Creek Baptist Church!

It is high time for me to invite readers of my blog to my church,...

April 2019

April 04, 2019

Pastoral Review of The Burial of Jesus

I was very happy to receive a message from the pastor of my church, Rev....

December 2018

December 21, 2018

Come and See: Why I Am (Still) A Christian

In a sermon towards the end of 2015, the (now former) pastor of my church...

July 2018

July 22, 2018

Researching the History of Crooked Creek Baptist Church

As someone who studies mostly ancient history, I am hoping it will make a refreshing...

July 12, 2018

The Bible is What We Make It

In my Sunday school class this past Sunday, we moved into chapter 9 of the...

July 05, 2018

The Bible is not Alone

It started with me saying that “the Bible is not in the Bible” in my...

June 2017

June 13, 2017

Reevaluating Your Faith Management System

On Sunday, my congregation, Crooked Creek Baptist Church, celebrated its 180th anniversary. It is the...

September 2016

September 10, 2016

A Brief History of Crooked Creek Baptist Church (And A Pastoral Search)

My church, Crooked Creek Baptist Church in Indianapolis, is searching for a new minister, most...

August 2016

August 15, 2016

Idolatry and the Image of God

Here is the video from the service that I led at Crooked Creek Baptist Church...

August 06, 2016

The Parable of Two Sons

My church building hosts not only the American congregation Crooked Creek Baptist Church (which is...

April 2016

April 25, 2016

A Service of Sacred Music and Rock Prayers

The service yesterday, featuring rock music, went well, I thought. It was recorded, and so I...

April 18, 2016

A Service of “Sacred” Music/Rock Prayers

I'm not sure what to call the service that we've put together for next Sunday...

March 2016

March 27, 2016

Easter Sunday School

After I shared my last Sunday school class session about ideas of the afterlife in the Jewish...

February 2016

February 04, 2016

Sarcasm is my Spiritual Gift

The title of this post comes from something that a church member said in a...

October 2015

October 26, 2015

Litany

The above litany was used in a service recently at Crooked Creek Baptist Church, in which...

October 22, 2015

Rock Prayers

I've floated the idea of doing a service of rock and roll prayers at my...

May 2015

May 17, 2015

Ultimate Concern

I had the privilege of sharing the song I wrote, "Ultimate Concern," at Crooked Creek...

December 2014

December 07, 2014

A Welcoming Congregation

When I saw this cartoon by David Hayward, it struck me as a poignant depiction...

June 2014

June 11, 2014

Bad Theology Month at Crooked Creek Baptist Church

I'm joking about the title - the series is actually provisionally called "Volatile." But my...

June 08, 2014

Speaking in Tongues at Crooked Creek Baptist Church

Today at my church, as it was Pentecost, we had the text (Acts 2:1-13) read...

April 2014

April 27, 2014

You Raise Me Up

Although I've been involved in singing in church for a while now, I had never...

April 26, 2014

Another Bible in the Wall

David Hayward's cartoon which I've shared above illustrates one of the ways that people use...

April 20, 2014

Refugeaster

This Sunday morning's service at Crooked Creek Baptist Church was held jointly not just with...

April 14, 2014

Cloak Sunday

The service at my church yesterday focused on "Cloak Sunday." Although it is "Palm Sunday,"...

April 08, 2014

Holy Week at Crooked Creek Baptist Church

First, the funny part. In an earlier version of the announcement on my church website...

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