• The One Rule of Preaching

    The One Rule of Preaching

    The challenge of preaching is the challenge of communicating. We don’t always know what would be simple to understand.

  • Three Stories

    Three Stories

    In these stories, Jesus makes miracles. But that is only possible because people fail to see the change we can make.

  • Transgress—the limits and purpose of boundaries

    Transgress—the limits and purpose of boundaries

    It is not only about right and wrong, but is entirely about our relationship to the rules themselves and to one another.

  • Between Trinity Sunday and Proper 5 (Year A)

    Between Trinity Sunday and Proper 5 (Year A)

    As we enter into Ordinary Time, we are thrown into the middle of the story in Matthew. At a moment of great confusion.

  • One with God

    One with God

    On Trinity Sunday in Year A we read the Great Commission. A great opportunity to see what our relationship is made of.

  • Your Problem Doesn’t Make You Special

    Your Problem Doesn’t Make You Special

    We often treat our problems as novel, unique, and uncommon. When solving them can be an opportunity to share.

  • There is one people

    There is one people

    “What do we do with division?” The question is so common, yet we hardly question it. But it is based on a faulty assumption.

  • Trying to Talk Trinity (Trinity Sunday A)

    Trying to Talk Trinity (Trinity Sunday A)

    When preparing for most Sundays, we often begin from the gospel. On Trinity Sunday, we have a concept to deal with.