We went to Darling’s Tree Farm to cut down a fir tree last Saturday. It’s astounding how kind and friendly the entire crew out there is, out in the cold all day as they are. Going into the barn to pay … [Read more...]
Christmas Subversion
Alright folks, this is the Second Sunday of Advent so it is time to get honest. That’s a consumer warning. Second Advent is far enough away from Christmas Eve that we can open the book on … [Read more...]
Everyone Needs a Place
It is the Saturday after Thanksgiving, or more blasphemously, the day after Black Friday. I am sitting in front of a round stone fireplace in the middle of a sunken room, its copper cone-shaped … [Read more...]
Poetry as Theology
At great risk of an empty table for TheoEd today, the topic is “The Bible as Poetry.” I say that because poetry – like Jazz and classical music – has an infinitesimal audience of about 3% of … [Read more...]
Mashed Potatoes
My Thanksgiving tomorrow is with one of my daughters. She has given me one job: mashed potatoes. Mashed potatoes are the wallflower of the party, that poor pale kid forgotten about amidst the … [Read more...]
Art of Dying – And Living
George Harrison of Beatles fame, wrote a song called, “Art of Dying. In it he describes death as life's greatest opportunity. Most of us don’t think of death as an opportunity, rather, as some … [Read more...]
From 15 Minutes to 500 Words
If you read the subversivepreacher posts of Sunday sermons, this will sound familiar. It is last Sunday's sermon reduced like a flavorful sauce into a five-hundred word column for the … [Read more...]
Eschatology or the Theology of Framing
Okay, this is about eschatology. Yep, I knew that would move you to the edge of your chair! So, we are sitting between Isaiah and Jesus this morning, and it is like pulling at both ends of a … [Read more...]
The Spirituality of Beech
Well, stick season is upon us. Sure, there is still a passel of trees along city streets with limp yellow or curled brown leaves hanging on – overachievers that will soon succumb. Oaks may be the … [Read more...]
A Data-Driven Theology
“I know that my redeemer lives.” That line in Job seems pretty clear and it forms the heart of the anthem that begins the Episcopal burial liturgy. Clearly the Lectionary Committee that … [Read more...]
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