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Starting Sentences With “And”

I remember a writing guru who argued that the key [...]

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Why We Worship Matters Most

A few weeks ago I had a conversation with a dear friend who observed that [...]

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Prose-colored Glasses

There is a file on my desktop called “Sermon Stories.” The idea of this file is to [...]

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Diapers, Ninja Turtles and Creativity

Most of what I know about creativity, I learned while [...]

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A Disruptive Message

The first miracles were anything but sentimental schlock. When Lazarus was summoned from the tomb, when Jesus [...]

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“Feedback”

I’m thankful that I serve on a pastoral team for many reasons, among them that I don’t [...]

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Blessing

As I write this, a fire near my home in Southern California is consuming the earth. The [...]

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Wrestling With God

A while back I was struggling with the lectionary text of Genesis 32, the famous all-night wrestling [...]

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Preaching the Questions
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An Extraordinary Task