- November 15, 2017HAVE WE LOST OUR NERVE I remember reading a book in college that suggested that the Greek civilization came up…
- November 10, 2017A LUNCHEON INVITATION If your bishop, presbyter, or judicatory staff person called you up and asked you to go to…
- November 8, 2017WHAT'S THE USE Kathleen Norris writes about Acedia and Me. Acedia feeds upon the thought that nothing is worthwhile.…
- November 3, 2017God’s truth and Human Response Where would you place yourself between the assertion that there is no salvation outside…
- November 1, 2017NO SALVATION OUTSIDE THE CHURCH Beginning with Augustine but continuing with Luther, Calvin, The Scots Confession, and the Second Helvietic…
- October 27, 2017THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT EXPANDED We need to reinterpret the fifth commandment. “Honor your father and your mother, so that your…
- October 25, 2017WORDS CREATE WORLDS In Walter Brueggemann’s Israel’s Praise, he develops the idea that words create worlds. It is not the objective…
- October 20, 2017WHEN THINGS FALL APART One recent broadcast suggested there had been more than 250 cases of mass violence in 2017.…
- October 18, 2017I want to emphasize 3 of the 10 commandments as an antitoxin to anxiety. NO OTHER GODS It is the…
- October 13, 2017(CONTINUING TO LOOK AT VULNERABILITY AND ANXIETY FROM TED TALK BY BRENE’ BROWN as applied to the pastorate.) HIDING…
