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December 2015

December 13, 2015

Advent Three: Rejoice?

I have been thinking in recent days that perhaps this Advent we should forego Rejoice...

December 06, 2015

Advent Two: Longing for Sunlight and Song

The songs and images of the Advent and Christmas season stir in many people a...

November 2015

November 29, 2015

Advent One: Longing

In my church this Sunday, we will begin the Advent season by hearing biblical texts...

November 13, 2015

It’s All About How We See

See what you see. This is the meaning of a Jesus saying in the Gospel...

November 11, 2015

A Progressive Baptism on the Banks of the Chicago River

Recently, on an almost unreasonably beautiful November day, I baptized my daughter in the Chicago...

October 2015

October 22, 2015

Why I Pray

I pray. I pray a lot, my first words upon waking as my feet touch...

October 05, 2015

Why Are There Tears in Heaven?

I've always wondered why there would be tears in heaven. The only reason I could...

October 02, 2015

What Must I Believe to Be a Christian?

When somebody claims the title “Christian” for themselves, whether they are progressive or conservative or...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

God Our Mother

I am becoming increasingly aware of the limitations of language when we talk about God....

July 01, 2015

Be Ye Kind One to Another

The media is noisy these days with opinions about controversial issues. People on both sides...

June 2015

June 08, 2015

Churchgoer Sees Jesus in a Mocha

“Churchgoer Sees Jesus in a Mocha.” Can’t we picture such a headline in our news...

June 04, 2015

Being Born Again in Unfundamentalist Fashion

It is unfortunate that the phrase “born again” has come to be associated with a...

May 2015

May 19, 2015

“Go. Be apostles of this peace.”

Sometimes we feel like we are alone ... like Horton Hears a Who: We are...

May 12, 2015

Heaven is not “up there” somewhere

God is when and where we recognize that we all belong, that we are all...

April 2015

April 15, 2015

Last year’s nest

Yesterday's ideas can, and should, grow into better tomorrows.

April 02, 2015

Longing for Grace

If you’d asked what I was doing inside a megachurch that sunny Sunday morning, I...

January 2015

January 23, 2015

Eliminating evangelical double-speak about salvation

What if salvation was experienced as a process of growth in love, rather than as...

January 16, 2015

One question fundamentalists cannot answer

Why would God care more about what we believe about God, than how we live...

January 08, 2015

Keeping Hope Alive

In Luke's story about Mary and Joseph bringing Jesus to the temple (Luke 2:22-40) they...

December 2014

December 22, 2014

How do you know when you’ve had a divine encounter?

Mary was willing to trust and surrender to the Great Love and Mystery that formed...

December 01, 2014

A Christmas Play Gone Awry (or maybe not)

When we turn away from a world in need, from the cries of creation for...

November 2014

November 10, 2014

Being and Becoming Children of God

I grew up with a theology that said all children are children of God—that is,...

October 2014

October 23, 2014

The cycle Christians must help break

Everyone has been hurt. And hurt people hurt people. Our job is to do our...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

Dr. Albert Mohler versus musician Michael Gungor: Who is on the verge of theological peril?

Could the struggle with, against, and for power be behind much of what is today...

August 07, 2014

Stupid Religion

I just had another one of those conversations. The conversation I seem to have a...

August 04, 2014

Do these jokes make me look fat?

Body dysmorphia is like a special kind of astigmatism. A pair of glasses can fix...

June 2014

June 09, 2014

Keeping Jesus, Letting Go of Christian Exceptionalism

The degree to which Christianity will contribute to a more equitable and just world will...

May 2014

May 27, 2014

Three questions about the Bible Jesus might ask

Christians would do well to humbly acknowledge that our sacred texts are also limited and...

May 03, 2014

Church Beyond Church

The other day a fellow left this question in the private message area of the...

March 2014

March 05, 2014

Why I fast for Lent

Life can feel like a grind sometimes; taking some time to appreciate the predictable comfort...

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