Theology

Pastoring, Lasso, and Grace

We do not lasso grace, grace lassos us.

From my latest Can We Talk?

Last month I was invited to do a breakout session for the Mockingbird Tulsa Conference. The theme was The Kindness of Grace. Father Everett told me the theme was an omage to Ted Lasso. Today’s

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Healthcare, Theology and Ethics: A Conversation with Dr. Kevin Driver

“Is healthcare a right or privilege?”

Maybe the question needs a better frame.

Recently I was talking with my friend Marty about healthcare, high deductibles, and treatment costs. Amidst the ongoing cultural battles occupying congressional talking points I wondered on Twitter when would our legislators take up one of … Continue reading

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What Is Assumed

Pastoral Prayer: Lord God, we have a saying, we human beings, “Never assume for when you do you make . . .”, well that is not really appropriate for the pulpit, Lord. So, maybe it is better described in an Indian Proverb, “The baby has not been born yet, Continue reading

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God Can’t? Those Nagging Questions

What happened to the podcast? It would be easier just answering with, “2020.”

To provide an illustration of the unusual difficulties, it took two days and three tries to finish the conversation I had with Thomas J. Oord where we talked about his latest book, God Can’t: Q & Continue reading

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Solomon Says: A Conversation with Mark Horne

Plenty of space in print and on-air has been given over to discussions of masculinity. What if the better question for all human beings was, “How do we live wisely in the world?”

Seventeen years ago Mark Horne published, The Victory According to Mark: An Exposition of the Second Continue reading

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