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Quote on a wood church interior background: "The institutional Church, as much as it is divine, is operated by humans, and is bound to make mistakes."

The Church I Was Called To Serve

I think it goes without saying that we are currently living in some turbulent times. Then again, looking back over…

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Formed By The Gospel

In recent weeks, following Lent, I have been preparing a series of leadership workshops to be held before the “summer…

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The Heavy Burden of Grudges

I want to talk for a minute about grudges. For a community of people who follow Jesus (who quite famously…

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The Carpenter Just Keeps Working

There’s an old movie, starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long, called “The Money Pit.” It’s a comedy about a young…

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The Holiness of Creation

We’ve all sensed the holiness of Creation in one way or another. The comfort of a babbling brook flowing over…

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The First Hymn At My Funeral

I know, the title of this article may seem a little strange for an article to be written for and…

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Safety Nets

At the time of writing this for you all, we have only just begun the Lenten season. It has only…

a photo of a woman's hands climbing a ladder against a black bacground with a quotation from the article: “...women clergy members still have to climb invisible ladders—ladders that men never will.”

Free Lunch and Assumptions

A couple of months ago, I went to lunch with several clergy colleagues in my area, all of whom were…

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The Stone Rolled Away

All four Gospels tell us that on the first day of the week, the stone was rolled away. What seemed…

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Inside Out and Upside Down: The Radical Logic of Easter

“But, as Paul put it… God chooses what is weak in the world, what the world counts as foolishness, to…