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April 2021

April 13, 2021

Biblical Translation The Peripatetic Preacher

I have been thinking again of the joys and dangers and the absolute necessity of...

April 12, 2021

The Power of the Right Story The Peripatetic Preacher

We Christians have just experienced the single most important day of our year, that one...

April 08, 2021

Still Teaching Preaching The Peripatetic Preacher

I just this day (April 8, 2021) concluded a Zoom teaching session, the last of...

April 06, 2021

Remembering the Holocaust The Peripatetic Preacher

The Us Congress some time ago established a specific time for US Americans to remember...

April 05, 2021

Secularization and the Rule of God The Peripatetic Preacher

I remain an inveterate reader of a hard-copy newspaper (though my subscription also includes the...

March 2021

March 31, 2021

My Journey to Faith and the Book of Job (2) The Peripatetic Preacher

In what has turned out to be the first installment of this Holy Week excursion...

March 30, 2021

My Journey of Faith and the Book of Job The Peripatetic Preacher

Because it is Holy Week, that crucial time of year in the life of every...

March 26, 2021

The Lure of the Desert The Peripatetic Preacher

My family moved from Indiana in 1953 to Phoenix, AZ, during those days when “you...

March 20, 2021

Dangerous Expectations The Peripatetic Preacher

I have no idea what happened to him, but a portrait he painted rests on...

March 16, 2021

Here We Go Again! The Peripatetic Preacher (6th Sunday of Easter May 9, 2021 Acts 10:44-48)

We saw last week that Phillip aided the Ethiopian eunuch in his search for the...

March 16, 2021

The Magic of Writing The Peripatetic Preacher

As I announced in my most recent blog of March 15, 2021, I have now...

March 15, 2021

Phillip and the Eunuch The Peripatetic Preacher (5th Sunday of Easter May 2, 2021 Acts 8;26-40)

According to my electronic records, this essay will be the 500th addition to my Patheos...

March 15, 2021

Truth Reborn The Peripatetic Preacher

That clever and wily genius, Mark Twain (aka Samuel Clemens) in his more cynical guise...

March 09, 2021

On Being Saved The Peripatetic Preacher (4th Sunday of Easter April 25, 2021 Acts 4:5-12)

I think I have recounted the story of the young man who used to station...

March 08, 2021

The Power Broker The Peripatetic Preacher

I have just finished a huge book that matches its extraordinary length with an equally...

March 03, 2021

A Source of Misery The Peripatetic Preacher (3rd Sunday of Easter April 18, 2021 Acts 3:12-19)

I cannot help being deeply troubled by these early chapters of the Book of Acts....

March 03, 2021

Being in Your Right Mind The Peripatetic Preacher

My wife, Diana, was a pastor of a largely Black congregation for three years, first...

March 02, 2021

Baseball: God’s Favorite Game The Peripatetic Preacher

I adore baseball! February of every year is wonderful for two specific reasons: Ash Wednesday...

February 2021

February 25, 2021

Equality for LGBTQ People? The Peripatetic Preacher

I am a heterosexual male, having been married to a woman for nearly 52 years,...

February 23, 2021

Reading The Peripatetic Preacher

I have always been a voracious reader. I read at a very early age, in...

February 20, 2021

Christian Communism? The Peripatetic Preacher (2nd Sunday of Easter April 11, 2021 Acts 4:32-35)

Post-Easter, the lectionary always turns to the Book of Acts in lieu of texts from...

February 19, 2021

Easter Day The Peripatetic Preacher (Easter Sunday April 4, 2021 Mark 16:1-8)

Some two decades ago, I was asked to serve as the interim senior minister of...

February 18, 2021

A Servant of God The Peripatetic Preacher (6th Sunday of Lent March 28, 2021 Isaiah 50:4-9)

You know that Easter is on the near horizon when texts from 2-Isaiah begin to...

February 17, 2021

“Out of a Job” The Peripatetic Preacher (5th Sunday of Lent March 21, 2021 Jeremiah 31:31-34)

Today’s text from Jeremiah is certainly one of the most famous of all texts from...

February 16, 2021

Very Slithery Snakes The Peripatetic Preacher (4th Sunday in Lent March 14, 2021 Numbers 21: 4-9)

I have a confession to make. I understand confession is good for the soul, so...

February 16, 2021

The Emptiness of a Lie The Peripatetic Preacher (3rd Sunday in Lent March 7, 2021 Exodus 20:1-17)

One of the Sundays in Lent is often given over to an examination of the...

February 15, 2021

Hypocrisy The Peripatetic Preacher

I have been struck, as I have observed the political landscape of my nation over...

February 10, 2021

What Sort of God? The Peripatetic Preacher (2nd Sunday in Lent February 28, 2021 Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16)

If one is reading straight through the book of Genesis, arriving at chapter 17 could...

February 09, 2021

In God We Trust The Peripatetic Preacher

I am easily old enough to remember 1956. I was ten years old that year,...

February 02, 2021

Grandparenthood The Peripatetic Preacher

And now, as Monty Python used to intone, for something completely different. Rather than explore...

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