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December 2014

December 12, 2014

Advent of Hope #2

Last Sunday we began a three week series of conversations about race and reconciliation called:...

December 02, 2014

Grateful: Some Reflections

If your family is anything like mine, you probably recently engaged in the annual Thanksgiving...

September 2014

September 15, 2014

Sunday in Pictures

Some beautiful photos from yesterday's Homecoming Sunday at The Riverside Church. What a warm welcome...

September 15, 2014

Forward

Forward Genesis 50:15-21 A sermon delivered at The Riverside Church September 14, 2014. Watch or...

August 2014

August 21, 2014

Eyes Wide Open

Last Sunday all over the world lectionary preachers were handed a challenging text from Matthew’s...

August 10, 2014

Reaction

Reaction Genesis 37:1-4; 12-28 I confess I was not the world’s greatest science student, but...

July 2014

July 28, 2014

Shared

Here's what I've been thinking lately, shared first at ABP/Religious Herald: You know, I’ve always thought...

July 10, 2014

A Sneaky Dissonance

You'll also find this column over at Associated Baptist Press/Religious Herald. where it first appeared...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Prayer for My Brother

As many of you know, my brother John died suddenly, and our family has been...

June 07, 2014

Dear Calvary

Dear Calvary Family, I write to you as I’m making my way to New York...

May 2014

May 11, 2014

Believe (Relational)

Believe (Relational) John 10:1-10 Well, here we are. We’ve made it through the darkness of...

February 2014

February 16, 2014

Ten Things We Should Say More

Our children reminded us during the children's sermon today.

February 16, 2014

The Value of People

The Value of People Matthew 5:21-31 For the last five weeks we’ve been talking in...

January 2014

January 09, 2014

Atheists in Church

So, here's an experience I had over Christmas, along with a bit of pontificating about...

December 2008

December 31, 2008

Christmas “Letter”

Alright, alright, alright. Every time I open the mailbox and dive into holiday greetings from...

December 05, 2008

From the Mundane to the Ridiculous: a Breathless Litany of Woes

Caution: reading this might make you want to throw up. Me? I feel much better...

November 2008

November 25, 2008

I’ve Given Up on the Church, Part 3

I was talking with a friend today about church. He said what I hear so...

November 07, 2008

Thoughts from the Other Side

This week I traveled to Hawaii to be with my parents and my sisters and...

October 2008

October 15, 2008

The Things That Heal Us

I found myself at the hospital again the other day, which is not so unusual...

October 11, 2008

Aspiring Author

Turns out that my very own offspring, who has a tendency to do everything exactly...

September 2008

September 29, 2008

Chubby Bunny

There has, perhaps, not been a weekend in recent memory when it rained so hard...

September 11, 2008

Become What You Believe

Today I happened upon this little piece of Matthew's Gospel (9:27ff), paraphrased by Eugene Peterson...

September 05, 2008

Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful

I'd like to start out by saying that, while this is my personal blog, I...

August 2008

August 22, 2008

Summer Olympics for Desperate Mothers

One week until school starts. Children about to kill each other or get killed by...

August 21, 2008

I’ve Given Up on the Church, Part 2

Here are a few more thoughts on the subject, which I started blogging about in...

July 2008

July 29, 2008

Life, Love and the Pursuit of Happiness

Intersections . . . I think these are the rare moments when my life, briefly,...

July 23, 2008

Blogging All Over the Place

We're trying something new at Calvary: a community blog site. One staff member will post...

July 10, 2008

Ordinary Radical

I would not say that I am a radical by any stretch of the imagination,...

March 2008

March 06, 2008

The Rest of the Story

I love it when the perfect sermon illustration comes along just at the right time....

February 2008

February 25, 2008

Playlist

As one who does not own an ipod I am in the minority in my...

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