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December 2015

December 21, 2015

Guns, God, and Advent

We walked in, waited a bit in line, looking at this strange species of human:...

September 2015

September 09, 2015

Does It Matter If You’re Right?

What then characterizes a Spirit-filled church? Not the swaying or swagger of people in motion....

February 2015

February 08, 2015

The Holy Spirit: so much left to learn!

If you, like me, feel you’ve still got much more to learn—much more to experience,...

December 2014

December 10, 2014

The Curious Case of the “Kick Ass” Messiah

You see? There was no single Jewish expectation for the messiah at the time of...

October 2014

October 13, 2014

Jottings from Assisi on Jon Sweeney’s When Saint Francis Saved the Church

I read this book about St. Francis of Assisi all wrong. I should have read...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

A Wee Little Man and a Big Insight

When I put these together, I saw something glaring. My actions were exactly backwards, a...

April 2014

April 16, 2014

Doves and Kisses–A Reading on Betrayal

As I read Psalm 55, I couldn't shake the rhythm of betrayal in the gospel...

January 2014

January 06, 2014

An Ambiguous Little Trickle of the Holy Spirit

This sense of yearning — or is it inadequacy? — for something new, something spectacular,...

December 2013

December 12, 2013

Simeon’s Song and the Clarity of Christmas

If you want an actual model for receiving the guidance of the holy spirit, look...

August 2013

August 20, 2013

If You Want to Pass on the Faith, then Learn This By Heart!

Ask yourself what loving God with “your whole heart” means, and you may come up...