• Where are we in this?

    Where are we in this?

    This week’s gospel can be read shallow or deep. But if we go deeper, will we like what we find? About Jesus or ourselves?

  • Only the Beginning

    Only the Beginning

    Moving from the call stories to Jesus’s miraculous ministry might leave us with the wrong impression that this is normal.

  • Sorry folks, Jesus isn’t normal

    Sorry folks, Jesus isn’t normal

    So many Christians want to pretend like being a Christian is normal or that Jesus himself is normal, but his works amaze and frighten.

  • Between the Third and Fourth Sunday of Epiphany (Year B)

    Between the Third and Fourth Sunday of Epiphany (Year B)

    Before we leave the call stories behind, we should really deal with what they mean for us. And for the gospel itself.

  • Called Beyond Tradition

    Called Beyond Tradition

    Being called to follow Jesus is an invitation to change. A process that naturally separates us from all that we called home.

  • Give the kids snow days

    Give the kids snow days

    The ratcheting effect of ever increasing the expectations of productivity on our kids is destroying our humanity.

  • Restarting Resolutions

    Restarting Resolutions

    Episode 63 of the Make Saints podcast

  • A challenging vision of discipleship

    A challenging vision of discipleship

    The thing about the call stories is that we take their character for granted. Because we’re in. But they are way bigger than that.