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April 2018

April 17, 2018

Seven Stories Book Review, Part 3: The Land and Its Loss

In this episode of the RavenCast, Lindsey Paris-Lopez and I discuss the third chapter of Anthony...

April 11, 2018

Seven Stories Book Review, Part 2: Violence to Forgiveness

When we perceive violence in God, we approach each other in rivalry. When we recognize...

April 02, 2018

Only Fools Believe in the Resurrection

Whether you believe in the resurrection as a metaphor or as a literal event, you...

March 2018

March 29, 2018

The Spirituality of Pope Francis: Fake News, Peace Journalism, and Holy Week

In this episode of the RavenCast, Suzanne Ross and I discuss Pope Francis's document titled,...

March 28, 2018

In Remembrance of Me

Editor’s Note: As the Triduum approaches, Teaching Nonviolent Atonement offers this updated Maundy Thursday reflection. An...

March 27, 2018

Passion Sunday Meditation

In the beginning, there was Love. And Love was joyful, and Love was playful. Lover...

March 23, 2018

Following Jesus: Emigrating from Violence into Love

This Lenten season, as we follow Jesus on his journey to the cross and ultimately...

March 14, 2018

Sermon: It Is Hard to Look at the Poisonous Serpent Particularly When He Is Us

If we think of the poisonous serpents as humans in rivalry leading to violence and...

March 13, 2018

Sowing Seeds of Love: My Daughter Wrestles with a Sunday School Parable

We were sitting in a circle, children and teachers, listening to the storyteller before breaking...

March 12, 2018

How Progressive Christians Can Reclaim John 3:16

The following is an interactive sermon I led at Clackamas United Church of Christ, near...

March 07, 2018

Sermon: The Temple Becomes a Person

Jesus is the new temple. Instead of allowing us to believe God is wrathful and...

March 05, 2018

Jesus, Whistle Blowers, and Anger Management

Blowing the whistle on corruption is motivated by a spirituality that says the world isn't...

February 2018

February 26, 2018

Sermon: Satan, Guns, and the Flow of Divine Love

The leader of the NRA said your greatest God-given freedom is to own a gun....

February 22, 2018

Jesus At The Border

Editor's Note: As we follow Jesus through the Lenten season, we remember how we expelled him...

February 21, 2018

Jesus Came to be Baptized: The Nonviolence of God

The truth is with the heavens torn apart, a dove descends, not a drone or...

February 19, 2018

Sermon: Swimming through the Flood – Guns, Violence, and US Politics

This is a sermon I preached at Clackamas United Church of Christ, in Milwaukie, Oregon. The...

February 12, 2018

Sermon: You Can’t Stay on the Mountain: Jesus and Mystical Experiences

Mystical experiences are often shunned in the modern world, but can they actually teach us...

February 09, 2018

Nonviolent Atonement and the Lectionary: Transfiguration Sunday

The Transfiguration is about Jesus transforming into dazzling white, but it's also about our transformation....

February 05, 2018

Sermon: The Power Within – Jesus, the Super Bowl, and My Inner Feminist

Jesus healed a woman with a fever and a Super Bowl commercial inspires us to...

February 03, 2018

Nonviolent Atonement and the Lectionary: Isaiah 40:21-31 and Mark 1:29-39

Is there a way to interpret the Bible that reveals God's radical love and nonviolence?...

January 2018

January 29, 2018

Sermon: Jesus and the Demons – #MeToo

This is a sermon I preached at Clackamas United Church of Christ, in Milwaukie, Oregon....

December 2017

December 22, 2017

Jesus: Empowering Us To Be Human In A Dehumanizing World

In a world of violence and dehumanization, Jesus came to empower us all to be...

December 06, 2017

Sermon: Don’t Let Violence Sneak Up on You and Catch You Off Guard!

"When Jesus forgave us and God resurrected him, we discover forgiveness as the only alternative...

December 04, 2017

Sermon: The War on Advent #makeadventgreatagain

Adam Ericksen claims that Advent is a season of holy protest. It looks at the...

November 2017

November 27, 2017

Sheep, Goats, and Moving through Hell

The United States is being judged. We may be a nation that is a goat...

November 15, 2017

Sermon: Extra Oil for the Wait

Maybe the kingdom of heaven is the awareness that the game is over and everybody...

November 14, 2017

An Open Letter to Men: The Truth about Masculinity

I would like to tell you a general truth about men.* As a pastor, I’ve...

November 13, 2017

Sermon: The Virtue of Being Foolish

The following is a sermon I preached on November 12 at Clackamas United Church of...

November 10, 2017

Sermon: Saints!

Jesus’ values include blessings and fullness of life for everyone. The anti-Jesus values have rewards...

November 08, 2017

Why Richard Dawkins Needs Sunday School

Richard Dawkins rejects the violent god in the Bible. But did you know that Jews...

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