Sep 24, 2015 | prayer, writing
Brevity can foster creativity, or at least that’s my experience of Twitter’s 140 character limit. Add collaboration to the brevity, and creativity is multiplied! My friend & colleague the Rev. Eric Anderson and I inspired one another with a sequence of...
Jun 8, 2015 | books, ministry, Monday Muse, writing
In the coming weeks and months, catch up with me at the following events: VBS FOR CHURCH LEADERS 2015: June 15-18 As part of the Center for Progressive Renewal’s weeklong webinar series for church leaders, I’ll be hosting an hour-long webinar on Tuesday,...
May 8, 2015 | lament, psalm, theodicy, writing
“God has declared victory! God has remembered God’s faithfulness! All the ends of the earth have seen God’s triumph!” so the psalmist says but apparently I missed it — perfect and indicative though it may have been. Already victorious, O...
Feb 11, 2015 | images of God, writing
God was leaning against a street lamp at 40th & Woodland as I drove home today: bulky blue sweatshirt, forearm set against metal, forehead buried in forearm, as if even the thought of crossing the street was one too many decisions for the day. I saw God there,...
Nov 24, 2014 | books, Monday Muse, review, writing
“Think before you speak.” Such a simple admonition to be mindful with our words is easier said than done — not merely because we are hasty or lack an attentive spirit, but because we’re not accustomed to thinking about our words at all....
Oct 3, 2014 | prayer, writing
Thankful for the contradictions that are life, for the incongruities that provoke life for the thrill and the weariness, the captivation and yes the frustration Thankful for the sturdy rock of holy precepts and for the eroding spring of divine grace for manna from the...
