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“The Sky is Falling. No Really.”

Each year in Advent, these apocalyptic texts come to us [...]

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“So This Guy Walks Into a Bar….”

I confess I actually started a sermon with those words. [...]

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“Muscle Memory”

What is the most memorable sermon you’ve ever heard? How about the most memorable sermon you’ve ever [...]

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Hey Jesus, the Eschaton Keeps Touching Me

We are nearing Advent, and a new church year church [...]

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Discerning the Salvific Worthiness of Juxtapositioning Catholic Jargon

What? You’re still reading this? [...]

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“Sounds and Silence”

While studying music in college, I learned about a man named John Cage. An innovative 20th century [...]

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Stalking the Wild Idea, Part II

Where do we get the ideas that allow us to [...]

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“Sin and grace and slouching beasts”

Grace has been on my mind recently, simply because I’ve [...]

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“Open or Shut?”

In the last two weeks, several different people have talked with me about doors in the pastor’s [...]

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Stalking the Wild Idea, Part I

“Where do you get your ideas?” This is the second [...]