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June 2015

June 30, 2015

Lukewarm

As people of faith, we must always look for ways to have the hard conversations...

June 26, 2015

Home Another Way

At this moment along our journey, friends, we cannot be agents of radical love without...

June 23, 2015

Poetry Corner

“When we’re told we’ll never understand” Someone says a drug-related incident, someone says he was...

June 21, 2015

The Hardest Question

The Hardest Question Mark 4:35-41 Anybody who has spent any amount of time around an...

June 07, 2015

Transformed by the Spirit

Transformed by the Spirit 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 Today we continue in the season after Pentecost, the...

June 02, 2015

Climbing the Staircase

It’s the first anniversary of my work as pastor at my church. To mark the...

June 01, 2015

Adopted by the Spirit

Adopted by the Spirit Romans 8:12-17 I was thinking on the subway the other day...

May 2015

May 25, 2015

Visited by the Spirit

Visited by the Spirit Acts 2:1-21 I have always had a high regard for someone...

May 21, 2015

Poetry Corner

May 19, 2015

Change the World

Yesterday when I pronounced the benediction at the end of worship, I told the congregation...

May 17, 2015

It Starts Now

It Starts Now Acts 1:1-11 Ascension Sunday Well, here we are, on the seventh Sunday...

May 10, 2015

Blowin’ in the Wind

Blowin’ in the Wind Acts 10:44-48 In these weeks following Easter here at The Riverside...

May 06, 2015

Poetry Corner

Thirst Mary Oliver Another morning and I wake with thirst for the goodness I do...

April 2015

April 26, 2015

Elevator Speech

Elevator Speech Acts 4:5-12 Christ is risen! Christ is risen, indeed! Today is the fourth...

April 21, 2015

But a Step

“From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.” I’m pretty sure James Joyce...

April 19, 2015

Changing Our Minds

Changing Our Minds Acts 3:12-19 Christ is risen! Christ is risen, indeed! Good morning, and...

April 08, 2015

Just Shy of Resurrection

Yesterday I had the incredible opportunity to offer the opening prayer at the White House...

April 06, 2015

The Rest of the Story

The Rest of the Story Mark 16:1-8 Easter Sunday I’ll bet it felt a little...

April 03, 2015

Around the Table: a Maundy Thursday Meditation

What we’ve done tonight as we’ve listened to Rev. Janka read the gospel text from...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

Conflicted

Conflicted Mark 11:1-11 Today is the final Sunday in the season of Lent, the last...

March 25, 2015

Observing Vocation

I spent last week in Chicago, part of which was spent working on a book...

March 16, 2015

Cliché

Cliché John 3:14-21 Welcome to the fourth Sunday of Lent and to this season where...

March 07, 2015

Vocational Memoir

Last week I had the opportunity to visit Yale Divinity School and share some thoughts...

March 06, 2015

A Hard Word

A Hard Word Mark 8:31-38 I am pleased to announce that beginning March 22, you...

February 2015

February 24, 2015

“Living Lent”

Reposting this beautiful reflection for Lent. It was written by Barbara Cawthorne Crafton in her...

February 23, 2015

When God is Silent

When God is Silent Mark 1:12-13 Imagine a man left for more than a month...

February 18, 2015

Dusty and Divine: a Homily for Ash Wednesday

You know, it’s funny. I do this for a living, and it still surprises me. ...

February 18, 2015

Just a Pile of Dirt

It seems a little strange that a small pile of dirt gives me such comfort,...

February 16, 2015

Dazzled

Dazzled Mark 9:2-9 It’s good to be back with you today! As you can see,...

February 10, 2015

Safeguards for the Vulnerable Leader

Last week I spent a few days teaching a class called The Vulnerable Leader, with...

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