Episodes: Masonry

Listening to the Nones and Dones: A Interview (Reprise) with Rob Davis

Discerning statistics does not equal listening to human beings. Related posts: Listening to the Nones and Dones: An Interview with Rob Davis An Uneasy Agent of the State: Part 1, Prayer As Ceremony Beauty May Liberate Us From the Cul-De-Sac: An Interview with Bill Walker III I Want to Talk With, Not To/At, People Outside...

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Blue Occupations, Black Bodies and Homelessness: An Interview with Jonathan Russell

 Pastor lives matter. But, that is not the same as #blacklivesmatter. My friend Greg Horton confirmed that to equate pastor lives, an occupation, with black lives, an incidence of birth, is considered the Fallacy of False Equivalency. Or, you may consider it a False Analogy. Related posts: Pledging Allegiance to People: An (Almost) Interview with...

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Pledging Allegiance to People: An (Almost) Interview with George E Young Sr

Words take time to live into their full meaning. It may not always be the case. But, when it comes to the self-evident truth that all men are created equal it is hard to deny. Related posts: So You Support Education in Oklahoma? Time for @OKJusticeReform Black Olive or Green Olive, What Color Was Jesus?:...

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He Didn’t Know My Name: An Interview with Teer Hardy

Maybe it was the spelling. One would expect that after a year the supervisor would know his name. Time to reconsider what lay ahead. Related posts: Man-Crushing Tuesday or, When Jason Micheli and Teer Hardy Flip the Script on Me Eclectic as Post-Ecumenical or, Thinking With Your Mouth Open Toxic Christianity, Self-Consciousness and Messy Mercy :...

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Something Is In the Air – Kierkegaard and Kaepernick

One of my favorite weekly writing opportunities is to write for the Tuttle Times. My role is to write a piece on spirituality and I do so as pastor.  Related posts: “Code Language” – Powers Behaving Badly When Representatives Don’t Represent or, Protect Your Children So the RNC Finds It Hard to Reign in The...

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Walk 150 Miles In My Shoes: An Interview with Blake Oakley

Blake Oakley arrived in Los Angeles today. He is on the other side of the Country from where he usually walks, often barefoot. Related posts: Poverty, American Christianity, and The Church, An Interview with Ryan Abernathy Zhand, Sobrino, and Editing Isaiah Goliath, David, and South Carolina Fear Your Own Hard Heart: An Interview with Alan...

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Your Physical Need Is My Spiritual Need

One of my favorite weekly writing opportunities is to write for the Tuttle Times. My role is to write a piece on spirituality and I do so as pastor. Related posts: Andrew, You Can’t Do That! The Shape of Piper’s Foundation Laid for Driscoll Louisiana College – The Death of Idealism A Wickedly Good Combination...

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Peggy Noonan References the “Many” Family or, Words Matter: A Crossover Podcast with T4E

When we say we forgive, do we mean we are forgiving a person or forgiving something a person did? Jaques Derrida used this question to describe what he meant when he talked about forgiving the unforgettable. He was speaking in post-Apartheid South Africa. Related posts: Don’t Blame Musburger Pariah, Corporatist News, and Literacy, An Interview...

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So You Support Education in Oklahoma? Time for @OKJusticeReform

The current budget crisis in Oklahoma calls for education. This is quite the irony since education funding saw its share of cuts. But, the sort of education needed does not require sitting in a classroom in a local public school. Related posts: Andrew, You Can’t Do That! Protecting Privilege or, Will We Work for Justice?...

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The Greatest Spiritual Discipline: An Interview with Philip Nation

“A cloistered journey impoverishes your own soul,” asserts Philip Nation. Christian spiritual formation may best be practiced in community. Related posts: Fleming Rutledge Had Me Chippy, I Blame Jason Micheli The Color of Your Eyes – Thoughts from the Edge Zhand, Sobrino, and Editing Isaiah Unfollowers: An Interview with Ed Cyzewski Fear Your Own Hard...

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What Are You Going to Do About the Blacks? or, Could it Have Been Me?

Bruce McIver wrote, Stories I Couldn’t Tell While I Was a Pastor. Humorous. True to life. Easily recognizable in the life of nearly any minister and his or her family. Related posts: Protecting Privilege or, Will We Work for Justice? (Non) Voting As A Challenge to Power – One Non-vote Voter’s Reflection Webb and What...

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Toxic Christianity, Self-Consciousness and Messy Mercy : An Interview with Morgan Guyton

Summer cedar pollen may be toxic to your sinuses, at least here in Oklahoma. The condition is complicated by the south wind on which the pollen rides from Texas. Let’s leave the Texas jokes aside. Related posts: Zhand, Sobrino, and Editing Isaiah Fleming Rutledge Had Me Chippy, I Blame Jason Micheli Fear Your Own Hard...

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