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We Will Set Our Hope
December 21, 2024
I hope you each have some rest and rejoicing ahead of you during the next few days. Our family is looking forward to visiting Maggie’s side of the family and...
Equipment for Dying
December 14, 2024
We recently hosted a small gathering to celebrate my dad’s retirement from full-time ministry. While planning the party, I remembered an essay I wrote a...
Advent Shadows
December 7, 2024
Facing reality, finding Christ
Finding Justice in Evil Days
November 30, 2024
A sermon about the God who enters our troubles with us
Lanes and Lines
November 23, 2024
Recognizing the times and what they might require of us
A Record of God's Experience
November 16, 2024
History from a perspective far wider than our own
Ten Convictions After the Election
November 9, 2024
Here's what I keep coming back to
Vulnerable Non-Partisanship
October 30, 2024
Speaking truth and seeking justice outside the bifurcating boundaries
Reconciling to Place
October 12, 2024
Well, Plundered is out in the world and it’s been a full fun stretch of travel, workshops, preaching, and podcasts. As you might imagine, my margin has been...
Plundered is Available Tomorrow!
October 7, 2024
Can you help spread the word?
For the Activist
September 28, 2024
A vision of transformation big enough to include our own lives
Dispatch from a Lonely Beach in Michigan
September 21, 2024
The expected loneliness and surprising companionship on a dark and quiet beach
Another Cultivating Belonging Story
September 14, 2024
Get your tickets to the Plundered book launch today!
Experiences of Cultivating Belonging
September 7, 2024
Stories of learning to love and be loved by our places
Cultivating Belonging
August 31, 2024
A rootless people learning to befriend our places
Telling the Truth and Loving Our Neighbors
August 17, 2024
Contending for truth among complicated, broken, and beloved people
The Meanings of Truth
August 10, 2024
Bearing (strategic) witness to the truth
Drowning in Deceit
August 3, 2024
Persistent, purposeful deception is effective but Christians won't give up on the truth.
Hope in Troubling Times
June 18, 2024
A sermon about becoming people of hope on the Sunday before Juneteenth
The Religion of Whiteness
June 1, 2024
Today I’m sharing an interview with Dr. Glenn Bracey, co-author with Michael Emerson of the important new book, The Religion of Whiteness. I’ve benefited...
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