Stewarding Citizenship
The last thing anyone wants is a political post right now. This is not that, though it may get at some of that. But I do think we...
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Oct 93 min read
CHRIST’S SERVANT— HIS DUTY, AND REWARD (an excerpt, Aug 3, 1862)
“ If any man serve me, let him follow me ; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father...
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Oct 43 min read
Only Human Love
Mea culpa . I have sinned, by my own fault, and only by my own fault. I have given (mostly, almost entirely at times) free reign to my...
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Sep 162 min read
Justice: Not Only About Law
Various ways of speaking of our disordered existence have been used within the Christian tradition. Many of you have heard of the...
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Joy Avera
Aug 198 min read
Radiance in Uganda
I was always told that I would love Africa, and it did not disappoint. What an amazing country! The people are absolutely beautiful. I...
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Feb 173 min read
Burying the Idols
God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your...
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Feb 173 min read
Dusty and Ash-faced
This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper. Ashes, ashes, we all fall down. Ashes and dust. It's the stuff of Ash...
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Jul 21, 20233 min read
Tokens of His Boundless Love
In our tradition, we have several hymns appropriate for singing during the Eucharistic feast, as we receive Christ in the Body and Blood....
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Jun 20, 20232 min read
Always On: Life in the Fishbowl
Did you know that you are on mission? Your life, and my life, and every person’s life is bearing witness to what we believe to be...
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Mar 30, 20233 min read
Between Animus and Chaos: Lust, Longing, and Losing Our Way
I suppose this could be titled many things of a similar nature: the title chosen, Between Appetite and Unravelling, Between Ego and...
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Feb 15, 20234 min read
The De-Sacralization of Space and Time
No, not a reversal of a condition of the L5 vertebra of the spine. Bigger than that. The concept has been around longer than the...
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Jan 19, 20234 min read
The Word, part 4: The Last Word
And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end...” (Revelation 21:6) To get the last word in an...
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Dec 31, 20223 min read
The Word, part 3: The Word in the Church's Witness
You learn a lot about people by the words they speak. Are their words true? Are they good? Are they effectual – does what they say...
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Dec 15, 20223 min read
The Word, part 2: The Word Made Flesh
Words can clarify. Words can obscure. But words rightly spoken are words that build shalom – they contribute to the flourishing of the...
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Dec 9, 20223 min read
The Word, part 1: The First Word
Words. It's almost impossible – okay, I'll say that it is impossible – for anyone reading this to imagine human life without words. We...
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Oct 13, 20223 min read
Praying for the Royals
No, not the baseball team. The royal family of England. When Queen Elizabeth died a few weeks ago, I added two prayers to our Sunday...
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Jun 2, 20224 min read
What are you doing here?
Sometimes you read something and you end up with more questions than you had before you read it. What you read was good and helpful, but...
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Jun 1, 20226 min read
Drink This Cup
The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation...
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May 27, 20223 min read
In Jesus' Name
It's more familiar to us than you might think. We are actually quite accustomed to people doing things in the name of others. It...
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Apr 27, 20222 min read
Belonging
We are something of a counter-cultural community. One of our church's mission tag lines is 'Share Community.' Our others, for the...
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