On a recent edition of the news-commentary show, “Morning Joe,” Joe Scarborough aggressively pressed presidential candidate, Pete Buttigieg, to say if he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and … [Read more...]
We Are The Known Not The Knower
In that passage from Luke this morning, Jesus drives us off the ledge like Thelma and Louise. He’s taking no prisoners and he clearly does not care what we think about his declaration. “Hate … [Read more...]
Thank You
Seneca Lake, NY A great quiet wind came through town this weekend and the ensuing hush was remarkable. On Saturday morning we rode our bicycles down to the waterfront and onto the Ontario Pathways … [Read more...]
Peace be with you
I went to a laboratory school. It was kindergarten-through-high school in the same building, and, while a public school, it was also operated by the teacher’s college of the local university. I … [Read more...]
Subverting Newton’s Law
NOTE: To those who read the sermon last Sunday, this is how a sermon can be translated and downsized to a secular piece for the newspaper. It is usually impossible to be certain about the … [Read more...]
Newton’s First Law of Sabbath
TEXTS for PREACHING: Emily Dickonson's, "Some keep the Sabbath going to Church" … [Read more...]
Dirty Laundry
Laundromats have a learning curve when it’s been awhile since using one. The first week I used the normal size washers and the gluttonous beasts swallowed quarter after quarter. When I noticed the big … [Read more...]
The Comfort of Trees
The scenery surrounding where I live has shifted from a gnarly grandmother oak, flanked by two vibrant Japanese maple children, to a basilica of ash and locust trees in their prime – ones that would … [Read more...]
Eradicating a Virus
Most the people I hear from prefer the dog, trees, or poetry of nature columns. I prefer to write those but here we are again: whiteness, maleness, and guns. To see racist paranoia ooze through the … [Read more...]
The Dustiness of Jesus
WARNING: To my friends who are theologically conservative or evangelical in your ideas about Christianity, reading sermons on subversivepreacher or subversivepreacher Facebook may be troubling to you. … [Read more...]
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