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May 2013

May 03, 2013

Old Testament God: Angry fundamentalist, or loving friend? And why it matters!

In my Bible reading this morning, I came across the phrase "put away the foreign...

April 2013

April 19, 2013

What’s the Most Important thing in Life? Ask the Tree

Something's going on in my backyard which has been immensely helpful in reminding me of...

April 16, 2013

Marathon Bombs and Baseball’s Best – Lessons on life vs. death from April 15th

Yesterday, as often happens, sport became the backdrop for something larger. It also happened to...

March 2013

March 26, 2013

Holy Week – and the mysterious glory of our guide

It happens every time I'm in mountains with people in better shape than me. We...

March 21, 2013

The Hygiene Hypothesis: How fear and anxiety are creating a toxic faith

Every March I'm reminded of the reality that allergies are a big deal in our...

March 13, 2013

Keeping on…because life is like snow; and rain

You're in a relationship with a particularly annoying family member or coworker. You're doing your...

March 05, 2013

The best question to ask when you are overwhelmed and stressed

Standing at the base of something as big as Mt. Rainier can seem overwhelming and...

February 2013

February 18, 2013

If you fail at falling, you’ll fail at everything.

Eric Fromm, in his classic "The Art of Loving", writes that a healthy environment for...

February 18, 2013

The gift of a stone in your shoe (or, “How to build a better life”)

I'm running to the library on a Saturday afternoon because there's a book waiting for...

February 12, 2013

Turn off the TV, come to my senses

The days recently have been fuller than they ought to be. Obligations, activities, teachings, preparations,...

December 2012

December 01, 2012

10 things for which I’m praying during Advent…

10 things I’m praying for this Advent… Posted on November 10, 2010 Advent season is here,...

November 2012

November 20, 2012

Are we there yet? How to live outside of sexual (or any other) Nirvana

Because I'm going to be preaching and teaching on the subject of sexual ethics and...

November 16, 2012

Reading Both Books for Building Better Bridges

One of the things that's most annoying about what's come to be called "Christianity" in...

November 05, 2012

Safety: Vice or Virtue?

My friend Christian died in the Austrian Alps this past spring, caught in an avalanche. ...

October 2012

October 24, 2012

The Piano – and the painful goodness of letting go

I didn't know on Saturday night that they'd be the last notes I'd play on...

October 02, 2012

If you give a moose a muffin… and other kinds of repentance

The best children's book series, in my opinion, is the "If you give..." series. I...

June 2012

June 14, 2012

All New “Life Chapters” require these 5 perspectives:

Summers are always times of great transition for some subset of the population. On the...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

The empire has no clothes. The King has colors of hope

In my last post I wrote: Until I’m willing to see both the idolatry and...

April 26, 2012

The Empire Has No Clothes – raw truth precedes real hope – Part One

The losses and damages characteristic of our present economy cannot be stopped, let alone restored,...

March 2012

March 06, 2012

Loving People, Losing Life – The Gospel made Real

Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone. But...

December 2011

December 12, 2011

Following the Light

The latitude here in southern Germany is nearly identical to Seattle, which means that the...

September 2011

September 26, 2011

The flu… losing weight, losing stuff, finding peace

I had the flu last week. By Friday, my day off, my plans for a...

September 19, 2011

Seeing and Hearing God – Joyfully – Beyond Church Walls

One of the best parts of the Christmas story is when we encounter those two...

September 19, 2011

Seeing and hearing God – joyfully – beyond church walls

One of the best parts of the Christmas story is when we encounter those two...

September 09, 2011

What time is it, Lord?

(This is part of a larger article, to which I made a contribution, in Relevant....

September 09, 2011

What Time is it Lord?

(this is part of a larger article, to which I made a contribution, in Relevant...

September 02, 2011

What dreams may come – living with fulfillment and delay

Yes, there was that little 32-year delay – but eventually it happened, or will happen...

August 2011

August 25, 2011

Seeing: the father of endurance

Mt. Lafayette is, by any Pacific Northwest standards, just a hill, topping off at a...

August 25, 2011

Seeing: the father of endurance

Mt. Lafayette is, by any Pacific Northwest standards, just a hill, topping off at a...

August 20, 2011

Seasons…gratitude and presence, come what may

As the plane descends and the lights of Seattle become welcome, familiar reference points, I...

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