The young preacher noticed that one of his elderly parishioners never came up for ashes on Ash Wednesday. […]
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Ah, the season of Lent greets us again, and like spring, it comes with a host of colors, […]
It is hard to argue with Joel’s excellent article concerning pastors being visionaries in their congregations, but I […]
At the end of the book of Deuteronomy, we find God’s people gathered on the plains of Moab. […]
One thing which seems to have been lost in our age is the idea of the sacred. We […]
The frail light settles in the meeting place where our knowing ends, and the unmeasured begins. Mystery, they […]
As if caught up in a fever dream, she pushed her way through the crowd of mourners and […]
We see it all the time on our social media feeds. “Marked safe” from the LA fires, Hurricane […]
“So, you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.” This is […]
The calendar turns with a hollow cheer, a flurry of fireworks dissolving into smoke. “New year, new me,” […]
Today, we encounter the much-loved story of the wise men who travel from the East to worship the […]
While it may be considered foolish, I deeply believe that one good sermon can change the world. I […]
Conspiracy theories have been bombarding Americans like the drones inundating the Jersey shore. Just jump on X for […]
Last week, John the Baptist burst into our Advent season with his usual bold and fearless proclamation of […]
The culture war gnaws at Christians because it is no war at all. A war assumes a living […]
Black Friday. The holiest sacrament of capitalism, where the faithful descend like vultures on a carcass. A nationwide […]
I was flying to Phoenix last Sunday and struck up a conversation with the lady sitting next to […]
In today’s Gospel reading, we are given a powerful vision of the shaking of the heavens. The sun […]
How silly. That seasoned seminary professors would make you do something as ridiculous as learning the language of the […]
Funerals are part and parcel of this business. Being a pastor is to be acquainted with death and […]