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May 2008

May 07, 2008

I Get Knocked Down

The people of Burma (Myanmar) cannot get a break! With so much suffering in...

April 2008

April 30, 2008

Sabbatical Voyeur

I'm surprised by my feelings, since I have years of experience dealing with this very...

April 03, 2008

Called

I can hardly bear to write about this, preferring, I suppose, to live in the...

March 2008

March 27, 2008

Practicing Resurrection

It was poet/writer Wendell Berry who coined the phrase "practice resurrection." He used it, in...

March 19, 2008

Holy Mayhem

It has begun. Holy Week, you see, never seems very holy to me. At least...

February 2008

February 12, 2008

Ashes to Ashes

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

February 07, 2008

Ongoing Conversation

Calvary showed the documentary film For the Bible Tells Me So last Sunday afternoon. We'd...

January 2008

January 29, 2008

Opportunity

I'm still muttering under my breath from time to time: "Why didn't they have something...

January 26, 2008

Fairly Popular

I've been thinking about confession lately. Lent, as you know, is almost upon us. This...

January 16, 2008

Listen to the Music

I have not spent too many moments of these ten ordained years living life as...

January 08, 2008

Words Alive

It's back to school this week for an intensive week reading about and discussing the...

January 04, 2008

Loud Applause

I've been spending some time lately with the writings of Julian of Norwich. An English...

December 2007

December 15, 2007

Friend

He could tell that I was green, green, green, and profoundly unsure of what I...

November 2007

November 30, 2007

For the Bible Tells Me So

We have a budding artist in our house. Don't ask me what genetic mutation occurred...

November 13, 2007

Jesus Through the Cracks

I used to spend a lot of time gardening. You have to spend a lot...

November 08, 2007

Sing Me Home

It could be that we sang it Sunday. But, confession: holy as I am, I...

November 05, 2007

Squinting Through the Darkness

It was Paul who talked about this human life as "seeing through a glass darkly."...

October 2007

October 31, 2007

Brilliant Disguise

Most free moments of this day have been spent eking out any last modicum of...

October 11, 2007

Prayers for Burma

Calvary has the good fortune of sharing ministry with a Burmese congregation. Last Sunday, in...

September 2007

September 21, 2007

Slow Reference Guide

I'm sorry to report that it seems we're fresh out of the Quick Reference Guide...

September 12, 2007

Church Mouse

Unfortunately, a murder took place in my office today. (No, not a church member, silly!)...

September 06, 2007

Laundry and the Type A Personality

Last night as I anxiously stood next to the washing machine peering dimly through the...

August 2007

August 18, 2007

On Being a Historical Church, An Excerpt from Eat, Pray, Love

I already told you, I love this book. Again, if you haven't already, please read it. ...

August 08, 2007

Stranger Than Fiction

I had the passing thought once that maybe I should try my hand at writing...

July 2007

July 19, 2007

Thank God for VBS

It’s that time of year again . . . you know, Vacation Bible School!If you...

July 13, 2007

Being Baptist

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

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...

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