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Restore the “Vagina”!
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Restore the “Vagina”!. Rachel Held Evans can’t write “vagina”? Oh! She can write it, but Thomas Nelson won’t publish it. Wait a second. Why not? Oh! Because some Christians might be offended by it. Wait a second. Why? I should have known. The human body is freeky and gross. That sort of makes sense. It’s…
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The Palm Gospel as Unpredictable Danger
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a Sermon for Passion Sunday Text: Mark 11:1-11 & Mark 14:1-15:47 must we choose? We’re challenged with two gospels today. They are a natural juxtaposition. One is happy and the other is sad. One declares victory, the other demonstrates earthly defeat. We processed in joyously and we’re likely to walk out depressed. My natural inclination…
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Looking Like Grizzly Adams
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Despite the fact that I need a serious haircut, I am pretty proud of the righteous beard I’ve been growing. I started it back at the first of the year and only trimmed it back a few times. The plan was since I was moving to the frigid north again, I’d need a serious beard…
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Turning Points
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a Sermon for Lent 5B Text: John 12:20-33 Turning Points On Wednesday, we talked about this pericope as a turning point. We know turning points as specific moments in time in which things change. Sometimes it is a decision we make or a decision made for us. Or perhaps it is an event in which…
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I Just Broke 300!
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Because this post is 301. Damn, missed another milestone. It seems as ifI did this before…
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With Tragedy, the Rest is Distraction
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This morning I was brought silent. What is tragedy is also now a lawsuit. And the impetus for a new piece of state legislation. A mother giving birth a couple of weeks ago has become an advocate for reform, but not the kind of reform that would bring back her son or protect someone else’s…
Make a New Normal
