>Some readers of this blog have inquired about my inactivity of late. Regarding church and pastoral ministry, it has just been an amazingly busy fall. God is doing good things, but sometimes the growing pains can be difficult and taxing.Regarding family, I have to say that having teenagers is as challenging as I had always … Continue reading Church Growing Pains / Family Challenges / Political Exhaustion
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Making Peace in Middle East a Priority
>For the past few years, a few interreligious local leaders in Durham have been working with national leaders to express how important it is that we make peace in this contested region of the world a priority. Here is a link to the most recently composed press release due to come out later this month. … Continue reading Making Peace in Middle East a Priority
A few more Colbert reports
>Truth or lack there of ...and the Christian Coalition, Jesus, and the Poorhttp://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/syndicated_player/index.jhtmlhttp://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/syndicated_player/index.jhtml
Confession and Reconciliation
>The following is a liturgy I have written that can be used by pastors, spiritual guides, confessors, mentors, or by accountability groups that are seeking to take confession seriously in a Protestant context. I have long been convinced that the "all pray in silence" that follows many public prayers of confession is a very pregnant … Continue reading Confession and Reconciliation
The Greatest Lover
>I recently had the privledge of presiding at my brother's wedding in Nashville. It gave me a chance to reflect again on God's triune love, which is the context for all other loves. Below is my wedding sermon for that occasion.*********************************“My beloved speaks and says to me: ‘Arise, my love, my fair one and come … Continue reading The Greatest Lover
If God has the whole world in God’s hands …
>Why do I often feel like this? ... Especially when I am reading texts that exhort me to "remember the Sabbath and keep it holy." It is one of the reasons I have not blogged in a while - that heavy feeling of being overwhelmed and the accompanying guilt for feeling that way and placing … Continue reading If God has the whole world in God’s hands …
Torture – How did we get here?
>Maybe you've heard the story: "Once the camel's nose is under the tent ..." Well, in case you haven't noticed, with regard to torture we are all out in the cold and there is a large animal standing in the space where we used to lay our head. The tent may have never been as … Continue reading Torture – How did we get here?
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