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The one about the good shepherd
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6 min read
a Homily for Easter 4B Text: John 10:11-18 “I am the good shepherd,” Jesus says. What a great line. The good shepherd. Not at all like the badones, the ones that run away. Or don’t know anything about their sheep. A good shepherd. One that protects the flock. It is a message that speaks even to…
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An Overly Simplistic Description of Race in America
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3 min read
Considering all the overblown rhetoric about how post-racial we’re supposed to be, I thought a short description of how post-racial we actually are, and how post-racial we could be, might be useful. Our society is post-racial We actually do live in a post-racial society, if by society we actually mean culture. The pervading culture is…
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On Baptizing My Son
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4 min read
We often speak of being “off duty” when not at work. We speak of our work days and the double lives of “work me” and “real me”. For the presbyter, there is no such distinction. Or at least there shouldn’t be. The toxic effects of split roles in ministry are numerous. So for clergy, there is…
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Sharing the Story
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5 min read
a Homily for Easter 3B Text: Luke 24:36-48 Was it Real? This is our third Sunday in Easter and our third different resurrection story. We had Mark’s open-ending with Mary, Mary, and Salome running away in fear with instructions to bring the Good News to the rest of Jesus’s followers. We had John’s story of…
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Ethics in the Zombie Apocalypse
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4 min read
[SPOILER ALERT: This post contains Season 2 spoilers of The Walking Dead. I’m not kidding. Seriously important ones. If you have any interest in enjoying this show, stop reading, bookmark this page, and come back later. Otherwise, read away. Chris and Emily, you are absolved.] The second season of The Walking Dead revealed the most important ethical quandry…
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Why I Don’t Preach Daily Living Sermons
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3 min read
If you’ve been around the church, you know there are many different genres of sermons. With names like “biblical” and “narrative,” we are often asked to classify and name our preaching style. My own style falls into several categories, but I’m pretty sure there is one it does not: the “daily living” sermon. I’ve been…
Make a New Normal
