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April 2016

April 07, 2016

Mitch McConnell Is Literally Learning to Govern from House of Cards

House of Cards isn't prescient. It's where McConnell is learning what to do.

April 05, 2016

It’s Still Easter

We live in Easter hope and power, while remembering and continuing to find ourselves in...

April 04, 2016

Hunger Games: Paying Attention

We've only really seen the Hunger Games if we realized we were looking at a...

April 02, 2016

Not All Silence is Golden

Knowing something is wrong is not enough. There is a time to speak.

March 2016

March 31, 2016

Abortion: Is a Better Conversation Possible?

Both "sides" care about the rights of the vulnerable. Can we honor that and move...

March 28, 2016

North Carolina: A Microcosm of American Fear

Last week North Carolina made two legal decisions that laid bare the fears besetting America....

March 27, 2016

Easter and Enthronement

But now Christ has been raised from the dead... and he must reign...

March 25, 2016

Holy Week: Good Friday

Good Friday is a day for us to see that all of our acts of...

March 24, 2016

Holy Week: Table Service

Maundy Thursday: a picture of Jesus that holds up a mirror for his followers.

March 23, 2016

Holy Week: the Penultimate Supper

To "remember her" is to remember him rightly.

March 22, 2016

Holy Week: Alex Nieto and the Power of Death

Every Wednesday I gather with a small group of guys for what I affectionately refer...

March 21, 2016

Holy Week Monday: Temple Business

Monday after the Triumphal Entry, Jesus' destiny gets set.

March 19, 2016

From Entry to Easter

If you celebrate Easter, if you observe Holy Week, here is something you don't want...

March 18, 2016

Revelation of Jesus

What happens when we read the Gospels as the story of Jesus rather than looking...

March 10, 2016

Eschatological Trajectory of Gay Inclusion

Gender and Sex in the Eschaton: another trajectory to follow to gay inclusion in the...

March 09, 2016

Lent: An Exchange of Goods

It is sometimes easy to forget that there are different kinds of goods. We get...

March 08, 2016

The Election/Cynicism Cycle

I cannot vote for hope. I can only wait for it.

March 03, 2016

Ne’er Blooming

The following is an encore presentation of a favorite post from my old blog site. I...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

Strange Book of Books

There's a dirty little secret that almost every seminary student, professor, and pastor knows: the...

February 27, 2016

Trajectories Toward Gay Inclusion?

When it comes to gay inclusion, here's a stumbling block that many of us trip on:...

February 26, 2016

Who Is God? Do You Really Want to Know?

"What is God?"--the wrong question that gives us the wrong idea.

February 24, 2016

Dear Gay People: God Does Not Want to Swap You Out

Traditionalist Christians cannot embody the love that God has for gay people.

February 23, 2016

Still A Christian: I Believe

There's one thing that every Christian believes. Including me.

February 20, 2016

Abomination and God’s Embrace

Abomination to the Egyptians The idea of "abominations" has deep roots in Israel's story. Back...

February 19, 2016

Life’s Too Short to Not Read David Dark

Tour de Awesome Blogsphere confessional: I have a total, complete, 100% man-crush on David Dark. From...

February 17, 2016

Why I Am Still a Christian

At a conference in November I had what somehow became "post-Christian day." It consisted of...

February 15, 2016

Justice Scalia and Justice Upheld

The Chaos We Created Just when we thought that the presidential primaries were an opportunity...

February 13, 2016

Christian Ed: Not Quite Dead?

"Bring Out Your Dead" It seems that I have inadvertently staged a reenactment of one...

February 11, 2016

Fasting in the Midst of Plenty

Many of us have come through Ash Wednesday services and are now full on into...

February 09, 2016

Fasting for Lent (or otherwise)

I'm Totally a Lent Expert Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. My...

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