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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
If It Is Red…
This is my fourth Pentecost at Trinity, I can’t believe it. For those who weren’t here then, I was taller and had a full head of hair. We have come a long way: navigated radical changes with … [Read more...]
“Don’t Get Sucked In!”
I’m pretty sure this is old news – not fake news, just old news – as in, I have mentioned it before. But I was back home in Indiana this week and so it is on my mind. In my hometown of … [Read more...]
An Evening to Remember
A Gullywasher Didn't Dampen The Night! Thank You Nancy & Jeff at Allisonville! … [Read more...]
Thirty-Eight Years a Priest and Thirty-Eight Years of Sobriety: How I Failed at Both
This Essay Appears on Medium.com https://medium.com/@unsolicitedp/thirty-eight-years-a-priest-and-thirty-eight-years-of-sobriety-how-i-failed-at-both-9d044c1fa6e6 … [Read more...]
To My Grandson, a Note in a Bottle
Ptolemy World Map 1467 To my grandson. My Dearest Declan, Just this week for the first time, you escaped your play blanket on your own. Your mom and dad celebrated it by texting us all a … [Read more...]
TRUST
Preachers are such an easy target. And church-goers in general, way too easy for the culture to lampoon and caricature. I’m not breaking any news here, am I? We used to be the mainstream and … [Read more...]
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