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• This Beautiful Mess

  I am currently reading this book by Rick McKinley, pastor of Imago Dei Church. It is a simple (I mean this in a good way) and thought provoking look at the kingdom of God. The video below  is a good introduction to what McKinley writes about in this fine book. I highly recommend it.
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  February 21st, 2008

• God in Our Own Image - Anne Lamott

  “You can safely assume that you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.”  - Anne Lamott

  Amazon.com: Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith: Books: Anne Lamott
  ISBN: 1594489424ISBN-13: 9781594489426

  Amazon.com: Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith: Books: Anne Lamott
  ISBN: 0385496095ISBN-13: 9780385496094

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  January 17th, 2008

• Foreskin’s Lament - A Book About Our Angry God

  Below you will find a commercial, for lack of a better word, for a new book by Shalom Auslander.  The video is an amazing piece of work (take a few minutes to watch it and you will see what I mean), and I can readily identify with much of what is said in it given [...]

  December 8th, 2007

• Deus absconditus

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  drybarrenmy heart a desertmy soul a wilderness filled with wild beastsfearsorrowangerdoubtwhere is the God of my salvationDeus absconditus.
  I seek but do not findI am in Sheolbut You are not thereforsakenI cry out for your presencebut hear only the echoes of my anguish in replyI need your loveI need your Spiritelse [...]

  October 5th, 2007

• The Forgiveness of Sin

  The iMonk  (Michael Spencer) has an interesting article on “unconfessed sin,” in which he encourages his readers to download a podcast and reflect upon what they hear.  He writes:
  The August 19th edition of the White Horse Inn contains a large segment of interviews asking people at a Christian conference what happens to a person if they [...]

  August 21st, 2007

• Collapsing Bridges, Repentance, Judgment, and God as the Divine Punisher

  Turbulent Cleric, in an interesting post from yesterday, wrote that he found this article by John Piper concerning the recent bridge collapse in Minnesota notably unhelpful. TC (if I can use the initials), says that the paragraph that caused him to struggle in particular was this one:
  The meaning of the collapse of this bridge is that John Piper is [...]

  August 7th, 2007

• The Lord of Silence - A Sermon for Pentecost 4, Proper 7C, Ordinary 12C

  My sermon for Sunday, June 24, 2007  was based on the following scriptures:  1 Kings 19:1-18, Psalms 42, Isaiah 65:1-9, Galatians 3:23-29, and Luke 8:26-39.  These can be read in full by clicking here.
  My thanks to my colleagues on Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary E-mail Discussion List: Jim McCrea, Beth Johnston, and especially Frank Fisher (to whom I [...]

  June 28th, 2007

• The "Out of the Closet" Meme

  This has nothing to do with homosexuality (except for item two), but has to do with coming out of the closet theologically speaking (except for items 3 and 4).  No one tagged me, but I have read it on several blogs (Kyle, Rob, Ben, and Kim)    and decided to do it myself.

  I confess that when it [...]

  June 28th, 2007

• This Week’s Quote - Fred Craddock

  Thanks to Jason Woolever for finding and posting this quote on his blog post-methodist.  It is from Fred Craddock.
  “When I was in my late teens, I wanted to be a preacher. When I was in my late twenties, I wanted to be a good preacher. Now that I am older, I want more than [...]

  May 14th, 2007

• My Credo - a Work in Progress

  About once of twice a year, I sit down and re-examine a small statement of faith that I began writing many years ago.  This credo is by no means an exhaustive theological treatise.  It merely sets down a few of my more deeply held beliefs:  beliefs, that over time, have changed and hopefully matured. With each examination, [...]

  May 13th, 2007