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October 2023

October 14, 2023

The Year of the Locust: A Sermon on War

Today I have war on my mind. A week ago, a surprise attack on Jewish...

August 2022

August 20, 2022

Isaiah, or, Exodus All Over Again

In Isaiah, we learn that God's mighty acts of liberation are a non-identical repetition of...

May 2022

May 13, 2022

Hugh of Saint Victor and the Two Threes of a Holy Life

Hugh of Saint Victor was a priest from 12th century Germany. He joined the Abbey...

April 2022

April 16, 2022

What is Resurrection? 

As Easter approaches in western Christendom, I find myself asking a very basic question of...

March 2022

March 26, 2022

Farming and Salvation

"At Plainsong Farm, God is remaking Christianity. And we get to be part of that."...

March 19, 2022

Augustine’s God of Motion

“But I am struggling to return from this far country by the road he has...

March 12, 2022

The Language Net

Why does God give us language? That may not be a question you’ve ever wondered...

February 2022

February 19, 2022

What Fish Teach Me about Forgiveness 

Forgiveness is front and center in any theology worth its name. How does it occur...

December 2021

December 26, 2021

But Seriously: A Virgin Birth?

OK Christmas, can we talk about the Virgin Birth? After our recent Advent service of...

November 2021

November 06, 2021

God Intended Limit as Gift

If the Genesis story is to be believed, the toughest part of being human is...

October 2021

October 06, 2021

Sin (and Sociopaths. And Vampires)

Sin, Maximus the Confessor (d. 662 A. D.) tells us, is wanting the things of...

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