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July 2016

July 26, 2016

Grief Fatigue

Last week I had the opportunity to meet with a group of millennial social justice...

June 2016

June 25, 2016

Love Marches On

Happy Pride weekend, New York City! I bring you greetings tonight from our community in which...

June 20, 2016

People of Faith Demand Better

Together with my colleague Rev. Kevin Wright, we invited our community Sunday to demand better...

June 19, 2016

Obey and Submit

1 Peter 2:13-30; 3:1-9 We find ourselves this morning grappling with a difficult text...

June 13, 2016

Chosen

1 Peter 2:1-9; 16 Just a few weeks ago during lunch on a senior staff...

March 2016

March 25, 2016

Pretty Good Friday, Again This Year

Every year on Good Friday I repost this memory, originally published almost ten years ago....

March 08, 2016

Change Isn’t Enough

I guess this is a good time as any to think about change. Nature is...

March 06, 2016

Can I Forgive?

Can I Forgive? Luke 15:11-32 As some of you may know, I am the...

February 2016

February 28, 2016

Can I Admit I’m Wrong?

Can I Admit I’m Wrong? Luke 13:1-9 Today we find ourselves in the third Sunday...

February 09, 2016

Defaulting to Grace

I recently had an opportunity to share lunch and conversation with a group of female...

January 2016

January 31, 2016

Jesus Offends Me

Jesus Offends Me Luke 4:16-30 Today we find ourselves on the fourth Sunday after...

January 12, 2016

We’re Human Too

Before you begin reading this column, I want you to know that I’m assuming we’re...

December 2015

December 20, 2015

What Can I Bring Him?

What Can I Bring Him? Hebrews 10:5-10 Welcome to the fourth Sunday of Advent,...

December 01, 2015

The Downside of Diversity

Here’s what can happen in a community that claims diversity but doesn’t tend it faithfully:...

November 2015

November 29, 2015

Live As If You Believe

Live As If You Believe 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Theologian Frederick Beuchner writes: “In the...

November 22, 2015

Who Do You Love?

Who Do You Love? Matthew 6:19-34 I have a friend who is one of those...

November 17, 2015

Love Will Have the Final Word

We can take in the terror and act in fear. Many do. But we are...

November 08, 2015

One Riverside: Believe

One Riverside: Believe Mark 12: 38-44 Happy birthday, Riverside Church! We’re at the start this...

November 01, 2015

One Riverside: Belong

One Riverside: Belong All Saints Day John 11:32-44 Two Sundays ago the New York Times...

October 2015

October 20, 2015

Questioning God in the Pulpit

This week as I sat listening to a friend share devastating medical news, I found myself unable...

October 04, 2015

The Sound of Silence

Losing My Religion: The Sound of Silence Job 1:1; 2:1-10 I had just graduated from...

September 2015

September 13, 2015

Wake Up Call for the World

Wake Up Call for the World Mark 8:27-38 I never can read today’s passage from...

September 08, 2015

Amy Schumer and the Church: Reflections

This week has been another week of heart-wrenching news headlines, enough to make any thinking...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

Grace is a Choice

It occurs to me that each of us has an opportunity, at every moment and...

July 27, 2015

Because Life is a Gift

Yesterday my phone rang and my brother’s name showed up on the screen. My brother died...

February 2015

February 10, 2015

Safeguards for the Vulnerable Leader

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

February 02, 2015

Seven Last Words

I had the great pleasure of spending a few days last week at the New...

January 2015

January 19, 2015

Dreaming

This post was written in January, 2006. The second grader referenced below is now an...

December 2014

December 30, 2014

On Saying Goodbye and Saying Hello

Just the other day I was remembering 11 years of Christmas Eve services at my...

December 16, 2014

Time For Some Hard Conversations

I’m wondering this week if we’re having enough difficult conversations. Horrible images on the news,...

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