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I'm a pastor now!
I know… I’ve been silent for a good bit these last couple of weeks. But that’s because (drumroll, please)… I’VE BEEN CALLED AS THE PASTOR AT CHRIST…
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The shattering
A blessing of sorts
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August 2023
Embodied
I had a heck of a night the other night... In hindsight, it was nothing out of the ordinary. You have these nights too. You know, the ones when, in the…
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Identified with Jesus
Due to ample goings-on in my world this week (all good goings-on, I assure you), I didn’t get around to an audio reflection for the lectionary passage…
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The negation of negation (the cross)
We live in a secularized world where the human experience has been locked inside a thick steel wall of materialism and rationalism. We’ve muzzled the…
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Be stilled and know
Hidey ho, dear friends! I hope your weekend is going swimmingly well. (Yes, speaking of Jesus walking on water this week, the pun here is totally…
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July 2023
God as an event
God is not a distant deity in the clouds. God is not a concept, an idea, or a law (or a set of laws). God is not an ecstatic experience or a psychedelic…
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Living in joyful and abundant opposition
Here’s one (of many) opportunities for the Christian church if we dare to engage in it… To make sacred space for an alternate reality where we live…
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Snapping us out of our sacred amnesia
Our modern culture seems to have an allergy to symbolic meaning. We live in a world (I speak for those of us in the US, at least) that has primed us…
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There is now NO condemnation [audio version]
Hey all! Today, I offer you an audio post. (I’d like to start doing these weekly-ish, if possible. Pray that time warps in my favor and I can do it…
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Christian freedom is to live loved
I want to say a few words about freedom. Yes, I’m late to the game. I shoulda posted this on the 4th of July, but I was away from the screen doing 4th…
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Why do we give the worst things all of the attention?
Why do we always aim to impress, defend against, and cater to the worst people (and things) in our lives? Why do we give so much of our precious…
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