Pastors Fail? A Conversation with Taylor Mertins
Just four years ago it was reported, “that 1500 pastors leave the ministry for good each month due to burnout or contention in their churches.” What is a pastor to do just five years in when he or she realizes there already exists lessons from failure? Related posts: Pastors Search For . . . :...
A Complicated Pregnancy: A Conversation with Kyle Roberts
Some time ago a friend discovered I had been reading Jurgen Moltmann’s, The Crucified God. He suggested I leave Moltmann alone. If you know anything about me, that is like pouring gas on a fire. Related posts: Walk 150 Miles In My Shoes: An Interview with Blake Oakley The Rapture Betrays the Incarnation: An Interview...
Solidarity Not Self-Preservation – The Gospel Is Not Fake News
Recently the website theundefeated.com posted a letter by the NBA’s Washington Wizards guard, John Wall. Wall wrote the letter to his dead father. No related posts.
The Disruptor for the Detestable
Last summer CNBC, a cable channel that covers the Stock Market and offers economic analysis, issued its annual Distruptor 50 list. Innovative companies believed to be changing the world make the list. These companies are considered forward thinking. One of the measures is their economic success. For instance, 31 companies in last year’s list had...
Paul’s Good News Fashion Statement
Tell me, what were your first thoughts when you saw clothes original to the 1970’s showing up for double the price paid for them originally? Honestly now. Seeing teenagers in Leisure Suits had to be unsettling. Some of you, like me, surely had nightmares! Related posts: Mentors – Get Some: 1 of 20 Looking Back,...
Desperate Not Drunk: When Good News Comes Out of Nowhere
1 Samuel 3; John 1:43-52 Can anything good come out of Ghana? Two weeks ago a 26-year old soldier raced repeatedly into a burning Bronx apartment building, saving four people before he died in the flames. His name was Pvt. Emmanuel Mensah and he immigrated from Ghana. Related posts: The Rapture Betrays the Incarnation: An...
Most Want Peace In Israel and Palestine: A Conversation with Jimmy Doyle
Most lands us in trouble. The word most gets us in trouble, not most people. When we want to lay claim to the popular position or opinion we use most; even if we know it runs into the wall of fallacies. Related posts: Goliath, David, and South Carolina Whose History? Whose Independence? An Interview with...
Baptism: Jesus Burns His Draft Card
(Epiphany/Baptism of Jesus Sunday) Mark 4:4-11; On October 15, 1965 . . . In a demonstration staged by the student-run National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam, the first public burning of a draft card in the United States takes place. These demonstrations drew 100,000 people in 40 cities across the country. In...
Reading the Bible: A Conversation with Peter Enns
If I had known Peter‘s birthday was Tuesday, I would have dropped this podcast then. After all, what better birthday gift for Pete than for our conversation to drop on the Interwebs! Related posts: The Rapture Betrays the Incarnation: An Interview with Jeffrey C. Pugh When In Romans: A Conversation with Beverly Gaventa and Jason...
Adoption Not Abstraction
Adoption Not Abstraction Galatians 4:4-7 (Is. 61:10-62:3 & Luke 2:22-40) When the Santa Ana winds blow in the California desert, you get events like the Thomas Fire that began on December 4. It is now considered the largest wildfire in the history of California. Related posts: ‘Twas the Night Before The Lights Are Flickering –...
‘Twas the Night Before
’Twas the Night Before Isaiah 62; Luke 1:46-55 On Dunder and Blixem! To the top the porch to the top of the wall! Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all! Donder and Blixem? Really? Can’t the preacher even get their names right? Our Anglicized version is Donner and Blitzen. The German, or Dutch, version was...
Marking Time: A Conversation with Kenneth Tanner
Wall calendars. Day planners. Bullet journals. Birthdays. Anniversaries. Holidays. School schedules. Fiscal years. Just some of the ways we mark time. Related posts: How We Talk About Authority and Submission Matter #AltonSterling: An Interview with Geoff Holsclaw Reading Dead People, Leading Life Giving Community: An Interview with Wade Burleson Making Advent Great Again #MAGA: A...
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