We Have Lost The Gospel
When words replace love and action and dogma replaces concern over humanity, we have lost the gospel. It is much less risky to make a hollow declaration about where one stands on an issue than it is to...
View ArticleHiding Vegetables
Jennifer and I successfully hid vegetables in other foods just so our daughter would eat them: spinach in lasagna, kale in soup, broccoli in stir fry. That technique is not helpful in all areas of...
View ArticleBelieving Just Right
When words replace love in action and dogma replaces concern over humanity, we have lost the gospel. It is much less risky to make a hollow declaration about where one stands on an issue than it is to...
View ArticleFollowing Jesus Is Difficult
“Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” Following Jesus is difficult. Not because of the pious rigidity we assume is demanded but because of...
View ArticleThe Limitless Reach Of Grace & Love
We like to fancy a world that is black and white. We enjoy setting up false binaries which clearly define boundaries and sides. However, thanks be to God, the world is never that simple. And such a...
View ArticleThe Heartbeat
Seeing promise in the face of another; experiencing beauty of human interrelatedness; offering grace to all in our midst; desiring that life be full for everyone; this is the heartbeat of an enneagram...
View ArticleThe Beautiful Reflection Of Self
I dream of a world where every woman and man and girl and boy and every wonderful in between, where people of every size, shape, and contour, every shade and hue, the queer, gay, bi, the cis, the...
View ArticleA Foreigner Named Ruth
Between the violence, war, and destruction in 1 Samuel is a beautiful tale of fidelity and commitment and a tale we call the book of Ruth. Ruth is not without its difficulties. It is set in a time with...
View ArticleDo Not Press Me To Leave You
“Do not press me to leave you,” Ruth the Moabite says to her mother-in-law Naomi in the depth of grief over the loss of their husbands. Tradition would have called Ruth to return to the land of her...
View ArticleStill
Still your mind. The silent echo you hear, undulating in your depths, is revolutionary love speaking life in a language only mystery comprehends. Still your heart. The warm pulse you feel, coursing...
View ArticleLive Our Way Into The Answer
When the church’s primary concern is institutional survival we’ve lost our way. The question that has shaped our deepest anxieties and our chronic lack of vision has been, “Will we exist into...
View ArticleBecome Flesh
Are we not more than an odd mixture of stardust and words? It is from dust we were formed and it is to dust we shall return. The inbetween is full of words, some spoken, some thought, and many...
View ArticleThe Front Porch
My maternal grandparents lived in a small town in a modest house built with their own hands. Delicious meals were cooked in their country kitchen and were shared with anyone who was hungry. In the...
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