It’s a dangerous prayer we pray every week: Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. I’m not sure we know what we’re …
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Healing the Wounds of the Nation
By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation: The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of …
Places Are Important to Us
Soon the shopping seasons will be upon us. As a pastor I used to thunder outrage at how commercialism had hijacked these holy days of Advent and …
The Case of the Scribe and the Widow
I've come to the alarming realization that I'm privileged. I say "alarming" because the privileged, like the scribe in this Sunday's gospel reading, …
Re-Booting: Lessons from the Protestant Reformation
A friend recently explained that while it’s okay to simply close your laptop, it’s good to shut down and re-boot periodically. That’s the way it is …
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Jesus’ High Road to Downward Mobility
Two disciples asked Jesus to do "whatever we ask." We like to walk the path of faith on our own terms. I do. That's understandable. It makes sense. We …