Radiance in Uganda
I was always told that I would love Africa, and it did not disappoint. What an amazing country! The people are absolutely beautiful. I...
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- Feb 17
- 3 min
Burying the Idols
God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your...
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- Feb 17
- 3 min
Dusty and Ash-faced
This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper. Ashes, ashes, we all fall down. Ashes and dust. It's the stuff of Ash...
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- Jul 21, 2023
- 3 min
Tokens of His Boundless Love
In our tradition, we have several hymns appropriate for singing during the Eucharistic feast, as we receive Christ in the Body and Blood....
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- Jun 20, 2023
- 2 min
Always On: Life in the Fishbowl
Did you know that you are on mission? Your life, and my life, and every person’s life is bearing witness to what we believe to be...
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- Mar 30, 2023
- 3 min
Between Animus and Chaos: Lust, Longing, and Losing Our Way
I suppose this could be titled many things of a similar nature: the title chosen, Between Appetite and Unravelling, Between Ego and...
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- Feb 15, 2023
- 4 min
The De-Sacralization of Space and Time
No, not a reversal of a condition of the L5 vertebra of the spine. Bigger than that. The concept has been around longer than the...
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- Jan 19, 2023
- 4 min
The Word, part 4: The Last Word
And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end...” (Revelation 21:6) To get the last word in an...
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- Dec 31, 2022
- 3 min
The Word, part 3: The Word in the Church's Witness
You learn a lot about people by the words they speak. Are their words true? Are they good? Are they effectual – does what they say...
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- Dec 15, 2022
- 3 min
The Word, part 2: The Word Made Flesh
Words can clarify. Words can obscure. But words rightly spoken are words that build shalom – they contribute to the flourishing of the...
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- Dec 9, 2022
- 3 min
The Word, part 1: The First Word
Words. It's almost impossible – okay, I'll say that it is impossible – for anyone reading this to imagine human life without words. We...
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- Oct 13, 2022
- 3 min
Praying for the Royals
No, not the baseball team. The royal family of England. When Queen Elizabeth died a few weeks ago, I added two prayers to our Sunday...
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- Jun 2, 2022
- 4 min
What are you doing here?
Sometimes you read something and you end up with more questions than you had before you read it. What you read was good and helpful, but...
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- Jun 1, 2022
- 6 min
Drink This Cup
The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation...
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- May 27, 2022
- 3 min
In Jesus' Name
It's more familiar to us than you might think. We are actually quite accustomed to people doing things in the name of others. It...
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- Apr 27, 2022
- 2 min
Belonging
We are something of a counter-cultural community. One of our church's mission tag lines is 'Share Community.' Our others, for the...
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- Mar 25, 2022
- 4 min
Coup de Grȃce
Okay, I admit it. I'm a bit of a sap for seeing pictures of grace in all sorts of places. Take for instance the ending of the movie...
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- Mar 23, 2022
- 3 min
We Won't Let Hatred Grow
As is often noted, music is a powerful and persuasive communicator. It has a way of getting around and behind our defenses without our...
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- Mar 1, 2022
- 4 min
From CRT to JRT (from Critical Race Theory to Joyful Race Truth)
Critical Race Theory has been quite the stir during the whole pandemic period: race defined along justice lines – oppressors and...
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- Feb 19, 2022
- 4 min
The Dangers of Re-entry
History is replete with religiously minded folks that went off the deep end. Just to name a few from the last 50 or 60 years, we could...
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