For the past few weeks there have been three words jostling around in my heart, three words about who we are and what we are about as the church: regeneration, relationship, and … [Read more...]
Legos and Other Idols
April 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
On Sunday, my son Emerson "filled up his marble jar" for good behavior. This means that he gets some type of a reward - usually he chooses a toy. For a few weeks he knew that he wanted the Lego Star … [Read more...]
Q Practices, Eugene Peterson, Day 2 Reflections
March 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tho four sessions for the second day of Q Practices included Eugene Peterson being interviewed on the subjects of embodiment, scripture, community, and church. Both Eugene and his wife Jan spoke … [Read more...]
Q Practices, Eugene Peterson, Day 1 Reflections
February 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I have the awesome privilege of being in New york City today and tomorrow at Q Sessions - Practices with Eugene Peterson. Q is "a learning community that mobilizes Christians to advance the common … [Read more...]
What Do We Smell Like?
January 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Consecrate them so they'll be soaked in holiness, so that anyone who so much as touches them will become holy. Exodus 30:29 (The Message) In this week's daily lectionary readings a … [Read more...]
Vulnerability
January 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This week I preached on Anna and Simeon and their recognition of Jesus at the temple. We talked about how and where we are expecting to see Christ in 2012. You can hear the sermon here. Among the ways … [Read more...]
Vespers
November 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I had the opportunity to gather tonight with some folks who are pretty special to me. There was only a handful of us, and all we did was sing some songs, read some readings, and pray … [Read more...]
Gratitude
November 24, 2011 By 2 Comments
"When you change the way you look at things. The things you look at change" - Wayne Dyer I used this quote in a sermon a few weeks ago, speaking about how Jesus often used … [Read more...]
Kafka Quote
November 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It’s entirely conceivable that life’s splendor surrounds us all, and always in its complete fullness, accessible but veiled, beneath the surface, invisible, far away. But there it lies, not … [Read more...]
Yom-Kippur
October 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This shall be a statute to you forever: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall deny yourselves, and shall do no work, neither the citizen nor the alien who resides among you. … [Read more...]