Once, as a fairly young man and relatively new to professional ministry, I was called in to be available to a family I did not know going through a sudden horrendous tragedy. In an instant, the lives … [Read more...]
The Movement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8amMCVAJQ Spring break of the last year of seminary, the bishop of the Diocese of Indianapolis brought the four senior seminarians home for each of us interview … [Read more...]
Facts Pointing the Way
Facts are measurable and verifiable. By themselves they do not tell the truth, but by themselves they often point to the truth. Here are some facts – measured, verified, and irrefutable. These are … [Read more...]
Jesus Behind Door Number One, Door Number Two, or Door Number Three?
Texts for Preaching: Luke 9:51-62 and "Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front" by Wendell Berry For most of my time in Buffalo, Kevin was the secretary at the church I served. I associate … [Read more...]
Winning with Consensus-building
It may be well-known news at this point, but only one state in the union has a divided legislature. That means in forty-nine states one political party can dictate policy, funding, and programs. That … [Read more...]
Pigs
Once every three years my favorite gospel story comes around in the lectionary cycle: Jesus verses Legion. If there was one gospel story that is a microcosm of the entire gospel, this story is … [Read more...]
Thirty-Eight Years a Priest and Thirty-Eight Years of Sobriety: How I failed at both by Cameron Miller … [Read more...]
An Overgrown Metaphor
My neighbor’s peonies blossomed long before mine and are bigger and more vibrant. What gives? Perhaps she is better than me, and that means her peonies are superior too. I mean, maybe she has done … [Read more...]
No Throne, No Heresy
What do these books have in common: “Harry Potter,” Marc Gellman’s, “Does God Have A Big Toe?” and Martin Buber’s, “I and Thou.” Give up? They are the books I used in the last three years to … [Read more...]
Beyond Words
There is a well-known story in the Book of Genesis about the building of a giant tower high into the sky. Though not refered to in the Bible as the “Tower of Babel,” it has come to be known by that … [Read more...]
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