The story of
God and us
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Does God really forgive everyone? Even people orchestrate genocide?
Matthew 20.1-5; 2 Peter 3.1-9
Read more: Does God really forgive everyone? Even people orchestrate genocide?And in this context, the church is full of people who are developing an increasing level of anxiety about the status of Rome in their lives. They’re witnessing the Roman Empire get stronger and stronger, spread further and further, and they’re witnessing the rulers of that empire get more and more bananas and how they…
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Easter Sunday: Bestowing Life
Easter Sunday: Luke 24.1-2
Read more: Easter Sunday: Bestowing LifeThere’s this old adage that goes something like, “We do not prepare sermons. Sermons prepare us.” And as I kept trying to write about all of the hopeful stuff that comes with this week’s gospel proclamation, all the ways it is beautiful and surprising, I kept thinking about something entirely different. I couldn’t help think…
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The threat of life
Church Newsletter
Read more: The threat of lifeA pastoral note sent to the congregation of Kensington Community Church, San Diego, Calif. upon my appointment as its Bridge Minister. Church: I am so grateful I get to serve you for the next two years as Bridge Minister. The job of a “Bridge Minister” is to support a congregation as it “bridges” from one…
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All things new
Luke 24.1-12
Read more: All things newMany days I’ll wrap up my day job and drive over to the church so I can work on my sermon with the joyous applause of alcoholics and children of alcoholics and addicts and debtors and gamblers celebrating recovery in the background. And if I’m really lucky, once or twice a week, one of the…