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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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Mar 25, 20224 min read
Coup de Grȃce
Okay, I admit it. I'm a bit of a sap for seeing pictures of grace in all sorts of places. Take for instance the ending of the movie...
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Mar 23, 20223 min read
We Won't Let Hatred Grow
As is often noted, music is a powerful and persuasive communicator. It has a way of getting around and behind our defenses without our...
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Mar 1, 20224 min read
From CRT to JRT (from Critical Race Theory to Joyful Race Truth)
Critical Race Theory has been quite the stir during the whole pandemic period: race defined along justice lines – oppressors and...
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Feb 19, 20224 min read
The Dangers of Re-entry
History is replete with religiously minded folks that went off the deep end. Just to name a few from the last 50 or 60 years, we could...
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Jan 30, 20223 min read
Wine of Cleansing
One of the typical Epiphany Gospel readings is from John 2 – the miracle at the wedding in Cana of Galilee. You know the one – where...
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Jan 9, 20223 min read
Manifestations of the Divine
Epiphany. The season between Christmas and Lent. The actual Feast of the Epiphany was this past Thursday – it's always on January 6th. ...
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Jan 4, 20223 min read
Not Losing Our Story
Historically, the Church has found that the greatest way to spread the faith and maintain the faith is to tell the story. And...
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Dec 22, 20212 min read
Leaven
Jesus told another parable about the Kingdom. He compared its workings to the working of leaven. This parable is similar to the mustard...
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Dec 21, 20212 min read
Mustard Seeds
The mustard seed. It's a very tiny seed, but it grows to be a large shrub or even a tree in warmer climates. When Jesus told the...
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Nov 10, 20212 min read
On Being Called Home
People away on long business trips. Lonely college students near the holidays. Military personnel deployed on combat duty. Homesick...
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Oct 20, 20214 min read
Idle Talk on a California Pier
People talk. Sometimes with a purpose, sometimes just to pass the time. Even idle conversation can lead to unintended run-ins with the...
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Oct 14, 20213 min read
Justice and the Joy of the Saints
Movies can be so unpredictable. Maybe it's better to say that my emotional response to movies is very unpredictable. Any good story has...
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Sep 30, 20214 min read
Thinking It Out: Predestined for Freedom
Predestination and the free will of mankind. Both are biblical truths, but they don't seem to fit well together. We tend to somehow...
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Sep 23, 20213 min read
Learning Contentment: lessons from imaginary fruit on an imagined planet
A wise old bishop (he really is old – in his nineties now) once described the sinful disposition of our hearts this way: “We want what we...
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Sep 9, 20213 min read
The Crazy World of News - Again
Two posts ago, I mentioned that I would be doing a three-post series on the crazy world of news media. This is the third post and really...
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Sep 2, 20213 min read
Return to the Matrix: Notable (?) News, Round 2
The Wachowski brothers are now the Wachowski sisters. I didn't see this one in the newspaper, but I did see it in a news feed that...
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Aug 27, 20213 min read
I Read It in the Paper
The news is not particularly good for you. Watch too much of it and it can mess with your head. It can mess with your heart too. ...
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Aug 15, 20213 min read
Wisdom and Folly
It must be stressed that you really can't know how to read any biblical passage well (or even rightly) without knowing its surrounding...
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