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July 2007

July 13, 2007

Being Baptist

We're still waving goodbye to the caravan of Baptists that came through town a few...

July 10, 2007

Fly

People weren’t meant to fly.That’s what I told her when she told me there are...

July 08, 2007

Out of the Mouths of Babes

Hannah (10) and Sammy (9) and I (no comment) were driving home from church discussing...

July 04, 2007

Democracy in the Dust: A Letter to George Bush

It's a little dangerous for the preacher to get political, I know. It's risky to...

June 2007

June 30, 2007

God Never Forgets

The phrase sounds ominous to my “punitive-religion” DNA . . . makes me think of...

June 26, 2007

Dispatch From Under the Desk

My office has a back door. Whoever designed it that way, I want to publicly...

June 23, 2007

The Baptists Are Coming, Part 2

History, history. It's all around us. And by "us" I mean anybody in or near...

June 20, 2007

What Makes a Life

I got back into town very late last night (really, very early this morning) having...

June 15, 2007

The Baptists Are Coming, Part 1

The Baptists are coming.I was trying to explain to Washington Post Religion reporter Michelle Boorstein...

June 15, 2007

Home

I hate that sappy platitude: home is where your heart is. Whenever I hear it...

June 14, 2007

It Is What It Is

Seems you can’t live too long on this earth without realizing that human relationships involve...

June 01, 2007

Telling Stories

Stanley Hauerwas created a monster.I don't think he necessarily meant to, but I’m just saying...

May 2007

May 28, 2007

Reflections on Ministry

. . . from Elizabeth Strout’s sad and deeply true book Abide With Me. This...

May 23, 2007

Those Who Have Eyes To See . . .

The other day I was shaken into the reality of my own inability to see...

May 18, 2007

Surviving the Trenches

The folks over at the John Leland Center invited me to come speak to a...

May 15, 2007

Alarmed

There are days when I feel absolutely certain I have the weirdest job on the...

May 09, 2007

Teary

The last few weeks in worship we've been reading those beautiful passages from Revelation 7...

May 03, 2007

Thoughts on Forgiveness

Faith and ForgivenessA night of theater and discussionMust we forgive an unconscious evil deed? Does...

May 01, 2007

Old Fashioned

Homework adventures lately include the memorization of Robert Frost’s poem, Mowing.For days we’ve been watching...

April 2007

April 27, 2007

Strong Winds Blow

I’ve been pondering how to write about this week I’ve had, which has perhaps been...

April 26, 2007

Calvary’s Amazing Staff

Please meet the tremendous people with whom I spend most of my professional life. I...

April 23, 2007

The Frightening Freedom of Telling the Truth

As usual, a variety of different experiences dovetailed in my life recently, bringing up the...

April 18, 2007

Asking Why

Just add this one to the topics I must have missed in seminary: “horrible human...

April 17, 2007

Off to See the Wizards

One of his friends called it “the best event in a young boy’s life”. (Who...

April 13, 2007

Food for the Soul

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

April 11, 2007

Sinners, Repaint!

I totally stole that phrase from another church. Or should I say, “borrowed with the...

April 09, 2007

Quarterbacking the Big Game

The air was crisp, the sun was bright, the crowd was large and energetic. It...

April 09, 2007

Easter Blessings

"He is Risen" by He Qi

April 06, 2007

Pretty Good Friday

Holy Week is rather intense around our house, primarily because Mom is working a lot...

April 03, 2007

Admission

Written 3/12/07My name is Amy and I am a church nerd.This is not some new...

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