June 2014

  • Hobby Lobby decision restricts religious liberty

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    Today’s decision does not expand religious liberty, but restricts it. In a Darwinian example of the rights of the powerful expanded on the backs of the weak, the Hobby Lobby decision is a boon, not to Christians, but to corporations and a particular kind of pro-corporate Christian. The Decision Despite the media coverage of the…

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  • Welcoming is Loving

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    Why the word you want is proclaim, not communicate a Homily for Proper 8 A Text: Matthew 10:40-42 Getting into it I struggled with this text a lot. Way more than any text in months. You wouldn’t guess that three little verses would be so hard. And you certainly wouldn’t expect a lectionary text about welcoming…

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  • My neighbor has a strange view of GOD

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    You can’t save yourself, but… A couple of months ago, my neighbors put out a simple yard sign with an open book and block letters across it. The sign read: I drove by it many times, each one thinking “I know which neighbor I don’t need to invite over for Christmas dinner.” Or maybe I…

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  • Making a church for all

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    My entire life, I’ve felt lesser. As if my opinion didn’t matter. In church, that is. In the world, it was a completely different story. I was a good student, Honor Society and all that. In high school, I co-chaired a youth initiative for the regional community foundation and served the state on its youth…

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  • Technical Difficulties

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    I recently discovered some email problems. They are now resolved and ready to go again. If you have attempted to email me since switching servers more than a month ago, please resend your email and I will now get it! Sorry for the inconvenience!

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  • Making Us Whole – How the Great Commission redeems

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    a Homily for Trinity Sunday Text: Matthew 28:16-20 Incomplete We return this week to the Gospel According to Matthew, for this writer’s resurrection story. We normally don’t think of this passage that way; as a story of resurrection. We’re focused on the writers we call Luke and John. Their accounts are different. More story-like. These…

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