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October 2007

October 31, 2007

Brilliant Disguise

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

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. ...

July 2007

July 30, 2007

Pleasure-less: An Excerpt from Eat, Pray, Love

There is far too much in this book, Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love, to mention...

July 18, 2007

To Write

I've been thinking a lot about writing and the kind life-giving and often life-saving role...

June 2007

June 30, 2007

God Never Forgets

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

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 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 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 13, 2007

Food for the Soul

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

April 09, 2007

Easter Blessings

"He is Risen" by He Qi

March 2007

March 30, 2007

The Art of Pastoring: Revealed

Written 2/25/07In my free time, which I actually have a little bit of right now,...

February 2007

February 01, 2007

Still I Rise

I first became aware of the poem about 10 years ago. It was painted, lettered...

January 2007

January 18, 2007

To Ponder

"Those who wish to treat with charity that which must be treated with justice make...

January 12, 2007

The Preacher Goes to the Movies

I comment relatively often on faith and film here on this blog (here and here,...

January 10, 2007

Reflections on Exile, or, The Danger of Sending Your Pastor Back to School

Exile. The word standing alone has rather somber connotations.In class today (Biblical Interpretation for Preaching...

January 04, 2007

Guest Blogger

I've been trying to get him to start his own blog for some time. I...

December 2006

December 31, 2006

Happy New Year

I've spent most of the day reading an assigned book for a class I'm taking...

December 10, 2006

Speechless

A condition I experience very infrequently (speechlessness) occurred the other day when my friend Amanda...

December 04, 2006

Artiste!

Be one yourself: www.jacksonpollock.org

November 2006

November 29, 2006

Leaving Church

I personally think part of the reason she is so popular is because Barbara Brown...

November 27, 2006

Church Directory

"All we need is a letter from the pastor."That's what the organizers of the Church...

November 24, 2006

Food For Thought

"True, we have to hate evil; else we're sentimental. But if we hate evil more...

November 22, 2006

Gratitude

GratitudeSend some rain, would You send some rain?'Cause the earth is dry and needs to...

November 15, 2006

Saying No to Jesus

I thought it notable that I came across something in the Washington Post today that...

November 12, 2006

Literary Truth, Part 2

Wow . . . amazing writing in a book I am reading: Water For Elephants...

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