"When people wanted (Jesus) to tell them what God's realm was like, he told them stories of their own lives. When people wanted (Jesus) to tell them God's truth about something, he asked them what they thought. With all kinds of opportunities to tell people what to think, he told them what to do instead. […]

Heard this quote this afternoon and laughed out loud: "One of the greatest theological questions of our time is, 'What in the Sam Hill is going on around here?'" (Annie Dillard)

What if ... in cities across our country people of faith prayed every time they heard a siren ... for both the health and the safety of  the police officer or fire fighter speeding toward potential danger, as well as for the health and safety of those they were speeding toward? What if every siren, […]

This post is about me. It is not about you. It is not about other people,  or groups or causes. It is not about what I think you should do. It is about me. Our church is walking through Jesus' famous "Sermon on the Mount" this summer. It can be found in the Gospel of Matthew, […]

I am working on a post about our current national pain over race and violence and injustice. But until I get that done, I wanted to share a bit from a book I am reading  called The Preaching Life, by Barbara Brown Taylor. In it she talks about the disillusionment that can come from pain […]

I have tried writing posts the last few weeks, and have ended up deleting them all. I use words all the time. Using words to talk about God and life and faith is what I do. And then, usually at the end of a long run of preaching and teaching, my words dry up. And […]