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June 2018

June 24, 2018

What Part Did You Not Understand?

His friend asked, “So, putting them in cages, separating them from their parents would not...

June 16, 2018

Sessions, I’m Calling BS On Your Understanding of Romans

As a follower of Jesus, I am called to love others, to accept then for...

April 2018

April 18, 2018

What’s the White Evangelical Church doing to be part of the solution?

By now, I’m pretty sure we’ve all seen the video of the two Black Men...

December 2017

December 17, 2017

So This Is Christmas, and What Have You Done?

So this is Christmas and what have you done? Another year over and a new...

June 2017

June 26, 2017

The Feast

Who is welcomed at your table?

May 2017

May 29, 2017

I’m Not Sure Tolerance Is The Right Word

When I look into the Collective Narrative, when I open my heart to the Divine,...

May 26, 2017

This Memorial Weekend, I’ll be Doing Something Disruptively Different

Over our 241 year history, the USA have been at war for 219 of those years,...

May 01, 2017

Your Own Cultural Jesus

Followers of Jesus think, “Let’s get out from behind these walls, ready to get messy,...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

Is Love an emotion or an action?

When we meet someone for the first time, we need to be open to falling...

April 17, 2017

Is Exclusion Persecution?

I normally don’t listen to Preachers on the radio. Why? Well, to say it kindly,...

April 01, 2017

Beging a Dangerous Church

I’m a firm believer that we are called to reach out, and with love, to...

March 2017

March 29, 2017

Captivated by Christ

To quote the great theologians, Cheap Trick, “I want you to want me. I need...

March 23, 2017

Making Love Personal

What if, you read 1 Corinthians 13 in a very unusual way? What if, it...

March 22, 2017

Feed People!

I figure if you’re sending time thinking about how this idea will not work, or...

March 12, 2017

Many Misunderstand the Concept of Tolerance

Saying others must accept your views, or they’re being intolerant, is simply a complete misunderstanding...

March 10, 2017

Dehumanizing Others, Dehumanizes Ourselves

When we dehumanize others, we place ourselves right smack in the middle of proclaiming our...

March 03, 2017

Here Are Some Things We Should Give-up For Lent

While trying to answer those question, here's a list of things, I believe, we should...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

No One Is Unlovable

This is a quote we all need to live by.

February 22, 2017

How Can We Reach Young Families?

Whenever I’m asked those How questions I usually answer with my Why questions,...

February 20, 2017

Loving Others is NEVER Political

Loving others, caring for other, being a voice for the marginalized, is never political. To make any...

February 19, 2017

We Are Called to Resist

Was John the Baptist resisting authority when he publicly scolded King Herod for his infidelity?...

February 11, 2017

Asking, how would Jesus deal with Terrorism is asking the wrong question.

Asking the question, “How would Jesus deal with terrorism [or a terrorist]?” is asking the...

February 08, 2017

The Words of an Abuser

So, when I hear certain words, certain phrases, a switch clicks on in my brain,...

February 04, 2017

Why I’ve Said Nothing About Bowling Green

Let our voices be voices that challenge the status quo; let our voices be voices...

January 2017

January 25, 2017

Love is Going Deeper

There is nothing deeper in scripture then love; with the exception of learning to live...

January 24, 2017

DC Meets DC: Welcome To htraE

The point I desire to make here is that on htraE they live by a...

January 23, 2017

Sharing Your Voice

Speaking out against injustice, and discrimination, isn’t a guarantee that your voice will change anything....

January 20, 2017

How Is Trump’s Inauguration “Historic”?

Why? Because I don't think it means what they think it means.

January 08, 2017

As a Sissy, I’m Not Excited About Trump’s America

Because, and this is just my point of view, neither Trump, or the Republicans, have...

December 2016

December 31, 2016

The Difference Between a Bar, and a Church

One day, while speaking to a gathering of people, The Naked Jesus was confronted by...