March Madness had begun. I’ve watched a lot of basketball today, and I’m loving it. Reliving past memories. Totally excited that my annual office pool, now in its eleventh year, far exceeded my goals. It all began in 1997 with six people. Last year, I …
Read MoreWhat does suffering do to you?
Last Sunday, the bravest and most moving part of the service was when a husband and wife shared part of their story of moral failure and God’s grace in the middle of that. I’d encourage you to listen to the service and hear their words. …
Read MoreDouble Digits
10 years ago this morning, IV’s in place, Elaine laid in a hospital bed saying, “It’s not doing anything!” The doctor was heading out of town, so he was inducing labor. After hours of relative boredom…things changed rapidly, and at 2:21 pm, we excitedly welcomed …
Read MoreBad News and Good News
Yesterday in worship, we looked at Genesis 2 and 3 and Romans 5. This is my effort to invite people to examine their lives and choose to follow Jesus.
Read MoreProphetic Imagination
I can’t decide between a soothing “aaaaaahhhhh” and a panicked “WHOA!” Several years ago, I read Marva Dawn’s “Powers, Weakness, and the Tabernacling of God.” That experience was really unlike anything I’d gone through before. The words were challenging, harsh, and they turned the world …
Read MoreBlatherings
I just can’t seem to make the time for writing out a real, coherent blog post. But sometimes it’s my perfectionism that paralyzes, so I’m making myself write something of what I’ve been thinking about. I pity you readers…but remember, I started this blog for …
Read MoreExamine and Remember
Here’s what I shared Sunday… I’ve been fighting illness, but seem to be on the winning end. Hopefully more posts are forthcoming this week. Been processing a lot.
Read MoreSorry for the downtime…
We had to move my blog to a new server, and I configured some things the wrong way. Up and going now.
Read MoreAshes, Ashes, we all fall down
One part of my earlier post about my headspace will become clearer if you read what I shared today in our worship. Joel 2: 12-17 was our focus as we will begin together a focus on Lent to prepare for Easter. You can journey with …
Read MoreGlimpses into my headspace today
I’ve been thinking about masculinity and femininity lately, how they relate and don’t relate to personhood, how they relate and don’t relate to sexuality, and wondering why in Christian circles there seems to be a sharp upswing in the need to prescribe and define more …
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