Let’s not kid ourselves, friends. Some church circles these days are trying to sell us on a brand […]
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Yes, I believe your vote counts and even ‘makes a difference.’ Yes, I believe that in a representative […]
The story is told of a pastor who asked the kids during a children’s sermon, “What is a […]
Have you noticed that more and more people are fascinated with Faith? Excited about the heritage of ritual? Attempting to […]
For some time, we have been living in the shadow of the Enlightenment, occupied by its peculiar presuppositions […]
As my children are growing up, I have realized there are things about their childhood which I miss. […]
Mr. Witt’s funeral was fairly typical, typical for a Lutheran service, anyway. But it was unique in that […]
In the stillness before dawn, when the world seems to hold its breath, you rise. Slowly, your pockets […]
Life is not linear. As much as we order our days, plan our future, sleep soundly at night, […]
Without a doubt, one of the most complex and powerful forces in our lives is love. Well, we […]
Do you ever reread books? I know many of us re-watch TV shows. Shoot, I could sit and […]
Mark tells us in chapter 9 that the disciples were arguing about which one was the greatest. Considering […]
The word company wasn’t birthed in the chambers of the Roman senate or over a scale in a […]
Nights were complex. Harder. Darker. Memories. Worries. Regrets. Yesterday was another day that lasted too long. He almost […]
Rest or fight? Wrong or right?When the going gets tough. Enough.Are you tough enough?Say the angels. Say the […]
Our task is not to shape Truth but to find it—to find him, as a weary pilgrim seeks […]
Pieces of non-color collect in the above. Non-color grey white black, that make no sense. Because those colors […]
If you’ve never howled at God, have you ever been close to Christianity? We all yearn for companionship […]
In the year that King Uzziah died… So Isaiah began to recount his famous encounter with God. Why? […]
What are the nuptials like when you don’t know what kind of god you’re marrying? Why go through […]