biography I’m reading just now over here in Austria, I’m struck by how timeless Bonhoeffer’s vision for the church is.  We read, “he felt...

If we’re going to live our lives well, we’re going to need to take out the garbage.  The pain we’re carrying, the lies we believe, the...

Thee gospel clearly speaks to God’s intention for the world to be a place characterized by political and economic peace and freedom, and...

I preached this morning, and then we shared lunch with the students, and then she had to go home.  Poof!  She’s gone and I’m here on my...

There’s much to learn from those who lived well during those days, and as I read about Bonhoeffer, I’m struck by the degree to which his...

“ One of the things that offended the religious establishment in Jesus’ day was the fact that Jesus crossed social barriers.  He did it...

Went up to the writing cabin to prepare it for the coming deep freeze and got more than I bargained for… a perfect powder day at Mt...

shoeless shoes, pondering the fresh health I’m enjoying in my running because I’ve been liberated from the belief that the foot needs...

Today I had the morning for sermon prep, and it needed to be concentrated because I’m heading down to California to catch up with my mom....

II Corinthians, but it’s a phrase ripe with meaning.  It’s a phrase which, along with a passage from Jeremiah, God has used over and over...

Forgive the sarcasm (or don’t), but the 1107 scene seems a fitting metaphor for our entire national politic.  We want cheap candy, and...

That changed when the Giants relocated the San Francisco, and the Dodgers took up residence in Los Angeles, giving birth to a rivalry...

We could ponder beauty together, asking why these colors inspire, or sooth.  We could talk about God’s faithfulness and the beauty of...

roots in Pietism, which means that we’re good at expressing the importance of being made right with God, good at explaining the need to...

It’s easy to see why there’s a desire to return to a simpler time.  Back in the day, our nation paid its way.  Personal responsibility,...

How about this:  “…be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God” ...

This is one of the most liberating verses in the Bible.  When I began college, right after my dad had died, I was intent on “making my...

Yes, but to decide wisely, I’ll need to give an eviction notice to that squatter who takes up residence in my soul again and again.  He...

I come home from days of meetings in the summer, and often want to go do a little local climbing, or walk around the lake by my house....

Here’s the article that got the ball rolling.  Pastors are chiming in all over the web, so there’s a sense in which I’m not sure I could...