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Legislating Faith
Kids buckled in behind me as I drive down the road – wondering about their futures, about mine, about our family’s. I turn on the radio to try to stop thinking, and dance music, seemingly from my high...
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Seeking Deeper Understanding, Wider Faith, and an Honest Life
Taking a new step…and starting a bible study. I can’t say it will be a typical study, but something a bit different. We won’t be buying bible study workbooks to fill out, or videos to watch each week,...
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God Isn’t Afriad of Questions
It all started with a question from a 10 year old girl: “God, if you teach me what all this is…then I will do whatever you want.” Not your stereotypical (and actually rare) acceptance of Jesus as...
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Thoughts on Lent: Imagining the Impossible
Sunday, March 16, 2004 lectionary included Abram’s call from God (Genesis 12:1-4) as well as Nicodemus’ first interaction with Jesus Christ (John 3:1-17). As part of the worship team at Auburn Homes,...
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Thoughts on Lent: What does God know About You?
I was blessed to preach again at Auburn Homes last Sunday. Lake many others, I covered the Genesis and John texts from the Revised Common Lectionary. Getting back into regular preaching is wonderful,...
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Barbie, Mrs. Potato Head and the Woman at the Well
As I was preparing to preach on John 4:4-30, I realized once again how easily it can be to be blinded by ones own perspective. (Keep reading, I will get to Barbie and Mrs. Potato Head in about 400...
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A Note to Barbara Ehrenreich, “Living With a Wild God”
Barbara, I haven’t read your book yet, Living With A Wild God, but I plan to. As a person with a deep interest in the science of exploring the world – both cellular and cosmic – I can’t wait to read...
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Mental Health, the Church and Spirituality
The church, in general, isn’t “good at” mental health. If you happen to have a great experience with a Christian organization, a specific pastor or chaplain, or a particular church, wonderful! I know...
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An Unintentional Sabbath
Without trying, I have found myself in a Sabbath of sorts. The school year has ended for the kids, switching from dependable schedules to a mix of camps, Karate class, appointments and open hours for...
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Finding Faith Despite a Maze of Words
The conversation between the Nameless Warrior and the powerful King in Hero becomes a dance. At one point Nameless shares with the King that he had asked an assassin hiding in a calligraphy school to...
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Jesus Feminist: A Book Review
Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible’s View of Women, by Sarah Bessy has been on my list for a long time. It’s a long, long list of many amazing books, so that I actually read it is...
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God’s X-Ray Vision: Psalm 139
I had the great blessing to lead worship at the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Plaine this morning. Despite my voice being not up to par due to a cold, I made it through with the Grace of God....
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Underestimating Fear
Today I finally got one of those over-due items off my list. Waiting for our son’s skates to take their turn to be sharpened, our daughter and I headed off to run errands. One included a trip over to...
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Sacred Space – An Interactive Journey in Lent
Lent, as I wrote about recently, is an opportunity to make deliberate space in our lives to be with God. It is a time to reflect on where we are in our lives – our whole lives – in relation to the...
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Do YOU think I’m Christian?
To become a Muslim, you just need to say the following phrase in the presence of two witnesses: There is only One God, and Muhammad (Peace be Upon him) is His messenger (Ash-hadu an laa ilaaha...
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For Those Who Have Been Turned Away….
It’s Holy Week, with Easter quickly approaching. Churches everywhere are advertising in newspapers about their worship times, others are hosting Easter egg hunts for the wider community, and church...
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Is the Bible Relevant?
Grace-Trinity is currently working through a sermon series entitled “Living the Questions”. Individuals have submitted questions, and I was blessed to preach on the question: “Is the Bible Relevant”...
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For Christians, it really isn’t about gay marriage.
Okay…first off, I hate titles. Insert “most” between “for” and “Christians” and it might be more correct. NOTE: These are my musings, reducing complicated things into something simple and totally...
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