Freedom in Jesus Christ is more than forgiveness. Freedom in Jesus Christ is liberation from what we have turned toward at the expense of our relationship with our creation.
Read MoreIf we insist that we are the only ones in town, the only means by which the world can approach Jesus, then we should, as Jesus put it tie heavy objects around our necks and go for a swim or begin cutting off appendages.
Read MoreThe disciples are the apostolic mirror through which we locate ourselves in the story. Their missteps are our missteps. Their feet in the mouth moments of embarrassment are our moments.
Read MoreNo matter how hard David tried, no matter how hard we try we are unable to domesticate, to control, to keep at bay the movement and presence of God.
Read MoreHow might we enter the new space we find ourselves in with singing and dancing, and at the same time not become too causal with that which the church has been doing since Mary and Mary found the tomb to be empty?
Read MoreHow many stories can you fit in one story? What does true trust look like? What was at stake for Paul and the spreading of the Gospel?
Read MoreThe God who created and sustains has redeemed creation and continues to fill us, sending us out to proclaim it again and again.
Read MoreWe are sustained through this very community, through being the body present to somebody - through word and sacrament, in the physical presence of Jesus Christ.
Read MoreMy thoughts on the lectionary texts for Easter 3B.
Read MoreThe triumphal procession that was to begin this reordering of the world began two disciples sent to wheel and deal with a local donkey dealer. A humble way for the Savior of the world to take his reign.
Read MoreThe good news is not that we must ascend up to God by our own good deeds or spiritual striving; the good news of the Gospel is that the one who met Moses in a burning bush and spoke through Elijah has come down to us in Jesus Christ and will come again.
Read MoreFleming’s thoughts and comments are just as relevant today as they were four years ago. In it, she talks about what she deems the “current preaching crisis,” the desire to appear prophetic, and the call to stand under the judgment of God.
Read MoreJesus gave a simple instruction, but when the church gets that instruction wrong, the results are anything but miraculous or a sign that the Kingdom of God is at hand.
Read MoreThe Hope found in our baptism is an invitation to clothe ourselves in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Read MoreWhat does Karl Barth have to say about Christmas? How hard is it to preach/lead worship on Christmas Eve? Why should we give God all the good verbs?
Read MoreThis Advent let God’s grace illuminate the world around you while we wait… and wait.
Read MoreWe do not know what guise Jesus will appear in, and so we find ourselves between two Advents – knowing Christ as come and that Christ promises to come again
Read MoreWe can do the things Christ called his Church to do - feed the hungry, heal the sick, care for the least, search out the lost, proclaim God’s reign - and at the same time disagree without threatening further division and fracturing of Christ’s body.
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