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- May 29, 2024
GOD’S HISTORY OF SURPRISES Approaching the problem of racism from the perspective of a redemptive God means acknowledging our sins…
, - May 17, 2024
Where are denominations headed? What will they look like in the future? As I understand it, denominations developed more in…
- May 15, 2024
Never Off the Clock (Noah was the first to plant a vineyard.) It is the end of another long exhausting…
, , - May 10, 2024
EFFECTS OF GRIEF DENIAL “I didn’t lose a child,” I say, feeling irritation rising in me. “My focus was the…
, - May 8, 2024
RESEARCH Ariel pops up and heads to the kitchen for the bottle of wine and three glasses. "I'll also get…
, , - May 3, 2024
MY BODY BEGINGS TO SHAKE I'm silent as she holds me. Then the strangest thing begins to happen. I feel…
, - May 1, 2024
END OF THE DAY I can't tell you anything that happens from the time I leave the church until…
- April 26, 2024
AN INVITATION TO TRUST A REDEMPTIVE GOD Using the cross and the resurrection as our template for how God works…
- April 24, 2024
CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS How would our prayers of confession be different if we tried to reflect Christ as a body…
- April 19, 2024
GOD’S HISTORY OF SURPRISES Approaching the problem of racism from the perspective of a redemptive God means acknowledging our sins…
- April 17, 2024
SAVED TO COMMUNITY In God’s economy, we are saved to community. We not only need to confess, but we need…
- April 12, 2024
TRUST THAT GOD TRANSFORMS Redemptive Theology trusts in the creative power of God, who is not only not defeated by evil…
- April 10, 2024
AN INVITATION TO TRUST A REDEMPTIVE GOD Using the cross and the resurrection as our template for how God works…
- April 5, 2024
What if God knew the nature of humanity and planned for it in God’s redemptive design from the beginning? Assume…
- March 29, 2024
NOW THAT IS FUNNY Learning the Basics of Subtle HumorLet’s be clear: The goal in adding some humor to your…
- March 27, 2024
THE FUTURE OF DENOMINATIONS I’d like to share some work I’d done on where denominations are headed.What will they look…
HOW A CHURCH LISTENS
September 23, 2025
The Intention of God At the root of our faith is an assumption that God has an intention for the…
GOD WORKING THROUGH THE LOCAL CHURCH
September 17, 2025
It is common to critique local churches for their faithlessness. Yet when you think about it, many of these churches…
TESTING GOD’S SPIRIT (CONTIN)
September 11, 2025
Do you ever wonder what could happen if churches of different races but the same Gospel not only believed but…
TESTING GOD’S SPIRIT (3)
September 9, 2025
Step two for the pastor. Explain to them that you want to have lunch and discuss the church’s role in…
TESTING GOD’S SPIRIT (2)
September 8, 2025
Being Spirit-led is anything but being on easy street. With the biblical stories before us, we know that a faithful…
TESTING GOD’S SPIRIT
September 6, 2025
In some corner of many pastors’ minds is the disturbing belief that most of their members, while verbalizing Christian beliefs,…
ADVANTAGES OF THE CHURCH
September 5, 2025
As depicted in the PowerPoint presentation, Step by Step Guide to Anti-Racism Ministry, we have some significant advantages that can…
OUR CHOICE (2)
August 31, 2025
Little was known about the planet’s intelligent life forms except for the puzzling reality that the entire population was separated…
IT WAS OUR CHOICE
August 30, 2025
THE CHOICE IS YOURS A spaceship was hurtling through space on an adventure never before experienced by humankind. Almost by…
Religious genius & Squirrel infestation
August 25, 2025
The Presbyterian church called a meeting to decide what to do abouttheir squirrel infestation. After much prayer and many meetings,…