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July 2012

July 10, 2012

Ordination Tears

I have a friend who always cries at happy endings.  The first time this happened...

July 09, 2012

We Are the Church: Commissioning for Service

We Are the Church: Commissioning for Service 2 Samuel 5:1-5; 9-10 This morning the work...

July 02, 2012

We Are the Church: Comforting Each Other

We Are the Church: Comforting Each Other John 21: 9-19 Today we’re doing something a...

June 2012

June 17, 2012

The Truth About Leadership: Think Outside the Box

The Truth About Leadership: Think Outside the Box 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 I was talking with...

June 05, 2012

You Don’t Look a Day Over 149

Well, I can tell you that a whole weekend of celebration is hard when you’re...

June 04, 2012

Writing a History

Writing a History John 3:1-17 150th Anniversary Today we bring to a close the year-long...

May 2012

May 21, 2012

Jesus Has Left the Building     Luke 24:44-53 Christ is risen! Christ is risen, indeed! I...

May 21, 2012

Poetry Corner

Maybe Sweet Jesus, talking    his melancholy madness,      stood up in the boat       ...

May 10, 2012

We Pray for Children

As the Children, Youth and a New Kind of Christianity Conference closes today, I was...

May 09, 2012

Words of Oscar Romero, for North Carolina Today

It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view. The kingdom...

May 06, 2012

Jazzy Prayers

I wrote recently at Associated Baptist Press about my friend G. Travis Norvell and his...

May 06, 2012

Everything Changes: From Barren to Bountiful

Everything Changes: From Barren to Bountiful John 15:1-11 Christ is risen! Christ is risen, indeed!...

April 2012

April 29, 2012

Everything Changes: From Indifference to Interdependence

Everything Changes: From Indifference to Interdependence John 10:11-18 Christ is risen! Christ is risen, indeed!...

April 15, 2012

Everything Changes: From Fear to Faith

Everything Changes: From Fear to Faith John 20:19-31 Christ is risen! Christ is risen, indeed!...

April 10, 2012

After Resurrection

 He must have been tired.  So tired.You know it has to be exhausting, all that...

April 09, 2012

A Promise Kept

A Promise Kept Mark 16:1-8 Christ is risen!  Christ is risen, indeed! Today it’s Easter,...

April 02, 2012

Some Herbs

March 2012

March 18, 2012

Promises, Promises: Whoever Believes

Promises, Promises: Whoever Believes Numbers 21:4-9 Lena Paahlsson’s wedding ring was designed especially for her. ...

March 16, 2012

A Lukewarm Social Club That Makes God Sick

It has been a long time since I've gotten an email like this one.   A...

March 11, 2012

Promises, Promises: I Will Be Your God

Promises, Promises: I Will Be Your God Genesis 20:1-17 In 2003, Chief Justice Roy Moore...

March 08, 2012

You is kind. You is smart. You is important. A Few Thoughts For My Daughter on International Women’s Day

  You are beautiful.  Gorgeous, actually.  I'm not saying that just because I'm your mother. ...

March 05, 2012

Poetry Corner

Zero Circle by: Rumi (Version by Coleman Barks) Be helpless, dumbfounded, Unable to say yes...

March 05, 2012

Promises, Promises: Father of a Nation

Promises, Promises: Father of a Nation Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Some of you know that I...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

…and another reason to write that book…

from Searching for Mercy Street, by Linda Gray Sexton "As I wrote the book, I...

February 28, 2012

Poetry Corner

They say the wheel was inventedand fire was discovered. When you sit in the circleand rub...

February 27, 2012

Lent With Lauren

I don’t like Lauren Winner.  I guess that’s not really fair, since I’ve never met...

February 26, 2012

Promises, Promises: Never Again

Promises, Promises: Never Again Genesis 9:8-17 I will never forget that fateful day, about two...

February 25, 2012

Poetry Corner

Trying to Be Thoughtful in the First Brights of Dawn I am thinking, or trying...

February 24, 2012

All or Nothing: A Lenten Lie

It’s only a couple days in and I am not feeling so sure about this...

February 23, 2012

How to Eat an Elephant: Practicing Lent

Ahhh, it’s Lent. I’m not going to lie: yesterday, Ash Wednesday, was a little rough...

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