My friend Tripp offers a prayer for Transfiguration Sunday. Let this spur you to go over and read the entire prayer.
… Continue reading Read MoreIf you will, like your three disciples on the mountain,
transfigure our vision of you – terrify us with newness
rupture the stories we tell ourselves that
Last night I listened to several podcasts on my iPod while working. After listening to Arainna Huffington extol the virtues of sleep, I listened to Brene Brown describe the power of vulnerability. She set me to thinking about life, faith and modern discussions of authenticity. It seems … Continue reading
Justin Vernon offered an “uncomfortable” acceptance speech for Bon Iver “during last night’s Grammys. He thanked the “non-nominees who were not there and would never be there.” Vernon remarked that when he started making music it was for the sheer reward of making music. Receiving a Grammy made him … Continue reading
Jesus lived in a material world. His way challenged the “as is” structures of the day. Traveling those ancient roads Jesus encountered damaged life and those who inhabited damaged life described in the Gospels as, “they brought their sick to be healed.”
Christian vocabularies among various Evangelical groups tend … Continue reading
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Why Baptists Will Always Have Bogeymen
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