The Barley Soup Recipe

So this was a tasty dinner tonight: barley soup, from a recipe a friend gave our family for Christmas (along … More

New Year, New Labels

In thinking about the last year, I’ve struggled to place myself theologically. I am raised Protestant, became a Christian through … More

Feats of Clay

Our heroes are flawed. Our villains have moments of redemptive grace. We live in a complex world, where we cannot … More

Does White Privilege Exist?

Recently a sincere white American Christian male asserted that there is no such thing as white privilege, that white Christians … More

Converting the Unconvertable

You cannot change someone’s mind through the presentation of fact. That presentation of fact happens later, after they are willing … More

The Words of Good White Liberals

What are your thoughts, good people? http://kuow.org/post/understand-white-liberal-racism-read-these-private-emails This is really hard for me to read, because it is easier to … More

Be the Church

Protect the environment. Care for the poor. Forgive often. Reject racism. Fight for the powerless. Share earthly and spiritual resources. … More

At One Time

Today Monty talked about a difficult term, “Atonement,” and brought out several ideas about what this means. I think most … More

Cookie Cutter

We step into a river, we believers, when we first decide to follow Jesus. The river is the great flow … More

Arms and the Man

If a foreign nation invaded America and as a result, 20 people every day were killed, at random, and no … More

Awash in a Sea of Tears

Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthian Believers, Chapter 10, lines 3-6 “For though we walk in the flesh, we are … More

God and Newtown

To my fellow Christians who are posting that “Newtown is God’s judgment on America for taking prayer out of schools”— … More

A Poem for Advent

America 2012 Twenty children were shot   Charlotte Bacon, 6and six adults in one of   Daniel Barden, 7the greatest tragedies   Olivia … More

Words and Actions

Indeed I tremble for my country when i reflect that God is just: that His justice cannot sleep for ever

Sabbatical

If we want to have a time of rest, we have to be willing to have the wind stopped.