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September 2016

September 05, 2016

Consuming and Consumed

Judging our faithfulness by looking at our consumption.

September 04, 2016

Remembering and Hope

What we need is for God to remember.

September 01, 2016

Peace: An Impossible Possibility

We only get peace when we believe there is enough.

August 2016

August 30, 2016

Changing God Changes Us

When the Lectionary gives you contradictory pictures of God, slavery, and hating parents all on...

August 26, 2016

Hospitality and the Fruit of Your Lips

What if the fruit of lips that confess Jesus as Lord isn't the words we...

August 18, 2016

Checking In on Sodom

The story of Sodom depicts the greatest threat to the church today.

August 17, 2016

Prayer Olympics and the Deliverance of God

Reimagining praise of God and escaping the prayer Olympics.

August 15, 2016

Morality for the Common Good

Hope that we are becoming better as "they" become "us."

August 13, 2016

There is Enough?

There is enough—but how do we believe that and live that as a people?

August 11, 2016

Inestimable Human Worth

Making a claim for Jesus that is a hundred times more scandalous than his divinity.

August 10, 2016

The Summons and the Warning

With God's summoning us to justice there is a warning for deaf ears.

August 09, 2016

Four Ways to Miss God

We miss God precisely where we are most confident that we can find him.

August 08, 2016

Is Meaningful Biblical Spirituality Possible?

Is the Bible too particular and specific to give us a meaningful spirituality?

August 04, 2016

Opportunity in the Chaos

I want a world led by the blessed peacemakers.

August 01, 2016

Use Your Imagination…

What any of us think about God beforehand is the single greatest determining factor in...

July 2016

July 11, 2016

Joining Newbigin House

Last week I announced that I have come on board with Newbigin House of Studies...

June 2016

June 24, 2016

Brexit and Trump, Fear and Uncertainty

Our votes underscore the need for wisdom in an age of fear.

June 21, 2016

Unmeasured Desire for Life

Can we accept the idea that the limits of something might be part of its...

June 13, 2016

Orlando: Our Stories of Heroes and Villains

The Orlando night club shooting shows us that we need a better story: one where...

June 11, 2016

Jesus Stories

The Gospels are a latent power, waiting to explode our preconceptions of what Christianity must...

June 08, 2016

The Stories We Tell

There are facts. And then there are the stories we tell about the facts. Perhaps...

June 04, 2016

Called to Community

Called to Community questions our normal and summons us to a better way of following...

June 02, 2016

The Gift of Bad Candidates

The gift of an election cycle in which there are no political messiahs.

May 2016

May 12, 2016

Redefining Religious and Academic Freedom: Gordon College Edition

Gordon College accused of retaliating against LGBTQ-Supporting Professor

May 10, 2016

Does God Have Gender?

No, God does not have sex. But gender?

April 2016

April 29, 2016

Being Right

For some people the only thing that matters is being right. People like me.

April 25, 2016

Oedipus Text: Canon, Creed, and Post-Colonized Interpretation

In my previous post I issued a strong warning against allowing the church's "rule of...

April 22, 2016

Colonizing Biblical Interpretation

The rule of faith colonizes the Bible--silencing its own ancient voice as well as the...

April 19, 2016

Who Can Forgive Sins?

"Who can forgive sins but God alone?" --Scribes "You mean besides John the Baptist?" --Mark

April 15, 2016

Purity and Participation

When I was in a conservative Presbyterian denomination there was never the Lord's Supper observed...

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