• Reading The Stand—One Month In

    Reading The Stand—One Month In

    A month ago, I decided to do the impossible. Read The Stand in the bathroom. In one year. Here’s where I’m at.

  • Literalism and other intentional misunderstandings

    Literalism and other intentional misunderstandings

    We all outgrow literalism as a thought process. Some want us to stay there, intellectually. And they know why.

  • Between Lent 1 & 2

    Between Lent 1 & 2

    Before we get John 3:16, we have the signs and the Temple and dealing with uncertainty, and a lot of questions.

  • God had him trade water for sand

    God had him trade water for sand

    A Poem of Temptation

  • In Bad Faith

    In Bad Faith

    The political impact of these “don’t say gay bills” is furthering incoherent and illogical laws for culture war benefit.

  • The Temptation (Lent 1A)

    The Temptation (Lent 1A)

    Wrestling with the Temptation of Jesus in the Wilderness, we can’t escape the story is about power and control.

  • Is He Tempted? (a reflection)

    Is He Tempted? (a reflection)

    The story of Jesus’s temptation in the wilderness is an invitation to examine our own relationship with power.

  • Public Prayer

    Public Prayer

    The gospel for Ash Wednesday invites us to rethink praying in public. And what it is we’re really going on about.